Jessye Norman

@ New Georgia Encyclopedia

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Photograph of opera singer Jessye Norman. She wears a loosely-draped blue shawl around her shoulders. She faces forward and smiles.Norman, a native of Augusta, Georgia, is a world renowned operatic soprano. In 1997 she became the youngest recipient, at age fifty-one, of the Kennedy Center Honor and today incorporates jazz, popular music, and spirituals into her concert programs.

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