Jessye Norman
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About
American opera singer best known for her roles in the operas of Richard Wagner, such as Lohengrin, Tannhäuser and Tristan and Isolde.
Before Fame
She was singing in the Mount Calvary Baptist Church by age four.
Trivia
She received a Grammy for Lifetime Achievement in 2006.
Family Life
Her father was an insurance salesman, and her mother was a schoolteacher.
Associated With
In 1980, she played the title role in the Richard Strauss opera Ariadne auf Naxos.
