https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-49887748
One of the greats - particularly for Germanic opera - she sang my favourite version of Richard Strauss's 4 Last Songs
https://youtu.be/zaAorqR0ICk
RIP Jessye Norman
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Yes - see first post - one of the most sublime song cycles - sung with such tenderness it makes me weep
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Jessye said of Vangelis:
"My first impression of meeting Vangelis was that it was unusual and just altogether marvellous to find a grown man so full of life. He has the enthusiasm and the exuberance of a person who’s just beginning life, rather than a person who’s already had so much experience in so many wonderful happenings already; and that is a thing that still impresses me about this person. There is a love of life and a love of being on this planet; that’s just inspiring."
Such a person to see and say that.
"My first impression of meeting Vangelis was that it was unusual and just altogether marvellous to find a grown man so full of life. He has the enthusiasm and the exuberance of a person who’s just beginning life, rather than a person who’s already had so much experience in so many wonderful happenings already; and that is a thing that still impresses me about this person. There is a love of life and a love of being on this planet; that’s just inspiring."
Such a person to see and say that.
s a v e
y o u r
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That clip of Jessye as Sieglinde from Act 3 of Die Walkure while powerful is rather short given the ending of the opera really belongs to Wotan and Brunnhilde, but here's a longer one from Act 1.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0qEUMX2UaE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0qEUMX2UaE
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And to post a clip of a wonderful not often mentioned performance of hers, but that is among the concerts I wish I could have attended (if only I'd been in Tokyo at the time 
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bE85ldyYfZM
):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bE85ldyYfZM
