Jessye Norman - Wagner Liebestod

[Contrabassology]

favorite soprano, hands down

[MuseDuCafe]

Consumate artistry: Ms. Norman is a living treasure for all of mankind.'Nuff said.

THIS INCOMPLETE VIDEO OF THE ARIA IS A COMPLETE BUZZKILL.

[Sagitere]

Exceptionnel!!!!

[Ekaterinakov]

Fahtastika!!!

[BenjaminWagnerFan]

its a shame the video is incomplete...

[PaterEcstaticus888]

She's truly awesome. The best singer of her generation.

[Napoleontas]

Better to listen to her than watch her.

[Maralegar2009]

just enormous :)

[TimeStrider]

Almost made me cry. Almost!

[unclealand]

Beautiful.  Please don't tell me she followed up with "This Little Light of Mine."

[otherjoe1234]

wow, that was amazing.  and as for the background, i think someone should stage a version of where everything should just erupt into flames like that for the Liebestod.

[jdubbari]

This song is outstanding! It is gorgeous!

[ctube001]

Brings out the Hannibal in me. Delicious!

[kenn607]

WOW! THIS SO SUPERB! FULL OF EMOTION! :')

[AmericanEvita]

I wish they had uploaded the whole thing. This was so moving and so beautifully sung. Jessye Norman sings the Liebestod as if it was a spiritual song, with a spirituality and magic and holiness that is very rare in most Isoldes. I think she had in her to be a great Isolde

[tenorschofield]

Superb; completly without any week point interpretation!!!. It makes it look easy when she just delivers that glorious voice, flowing like a river of emotions, that embarge us into a Divine trip with her. Thanks for sharing with us DeccaMusicGroup.

[arpeggio1358]

@tenorschofield She really is superb. She has sung just about anything! And she sings everything brilliantly. An absolute treasure.

[skimask777]

Are there words the dictionary to describe the beauty we are hearing being perform by Jessye Norman? This is music of the finest quality. You actually feel yourself elevating and soaring through the atmosphere. It’s a pity it has an ending

[bsod4u2]

The finest female singer of our time, YES. Her voice is unmatched.

The so called divas of today cannot even begin to match this lady.

[BravoLucero]

She has a one of a kind voice

[rexbc]

I cannot believe the poster CUT OFF THE END! This is my favorite piece of hers, and I still tear up when I listen to it because I took my, now departed, father to see her. We sat on the third row center right beneath her while she commanded what seemed the whole earth..as she performed. My father said "she stops time!"

[2111velvet]

Wie ein Engel- wunder,wunderschön!

[looker768]

she sings with her whole body and soul.....

[acotw67]

WOW! A60stock-Sorry.shouldn't have said I was jealous. Hearing Jessye Norman live at the Proms might have overwhelmed me.I saw _Die Zauberflote_ in Vienna, and the memory of it still gices me goosebumps! Mozart operas are my favorites, followed by the great French opers of the 19th century. Norman's recording of _Carmen_ is the best of the three I have. Lol, opera fans are so contentious. A friend nearly threw me from a moving car-on the highway- for saying that I didn't like Callas' version.

[A60stock]

This recording with its compressed sound does not do justice to Jessie's wide dynamics. I can assure you that listening to her at the Proms was a fantastic experience. Back in the 1970s and 80s she was a regular performer at the Proms and always terrific and popular.

[acotw67]

A60stock:

I am so jealous.

[ProfessorSuckMah]

god bless jessye norman

[Qonsbg]

Sorry, I prefer B. Nilson.

[Dymension]

Nilsson was without great. Jessye's voice, however, was closest to Kirsten Flagstad.

[Qonsbg]

I don't like her. Her voice is not right for this role. Her German is terrible, I don't understand that she is saying.

[acotw67]

Dymension:

I agree. Thta's high praise indeed, as Flagstad was one of , if not the best dramatic sopranos to ever sing Wagner.

[Jaydoggy531]

Good for you. Does that discount every other soprano who wishes to sing this role because you like Nilson's performance most of all? She's astounding, and Norman is also great. Also take into account this recording's quality is not exactly the best, and even more distorted thanks to youtube.

[Sagitere]

Cette vidéo est tout à fait excellente et trés

émouvante!!!!

[agnellodei]

Probably top 3 most beautiful voices in history.

[tuadolcefanciulla]

@agnellodei I TOTALLY agree. Jessye Norman is the rarest

of rarest magnificent vocal phenomenons!

[kamion53]

@agnellodei

lovely, pity only that it end so abruptly cause the video isn't any longer.

[silvr94]

It's lovely!

Btw, it's "Liebestod", without the "R" ;)

[JuneBee55]

How truly wonderful, the soaring voice in counterpart to the tune. I love this.