Carmen: Seguidilla - Jessye Norman - Avery Fisher Hall - 1994 (HD)

[@trashmn]

Can't get enough of this one song, for some reason her facial expressions and mannerisms add so much emotion to this song.

[@pastpatour]

Carmen is like the Hamlet of opera, it's such a rich role that keeps giving new surprises with each performer. And she's been my favorite for years. RIP Jessy Norman ❤

[@ms.annthrope415]

When people say they don't understand what is being sung, this is an example to demonstrate you don't need to know the words. Just enjoy the music, Jessye Norman's magnificent voice, the acting, the inflection and drama, the flirtatious melody.

[@arikariloyroy3090]

affirmative action selection

[@ГалинаТрушина-н5ю]

Да! ❤великая певица! ❤

[@cathryncampbell8555]

She *invests* herself into playing the role of Carmen, just for the benefit of this one aria. What a sublime actress as well as singer!

[@rudolphmcneill515]

So true. She was also in a movie. I think back in the 80's. I've got to see if I can find it.

[@Zenobiadream]

Queen We miss you

[@Manormouse-04]

We certainly do. 💖

[@OSCAREDU79]

Señora Hermosa!!! Te fuiste al cielo pero te recuerdo con todo mi corazón!!

[@ChrisJonesDivo]

This is just incredible because it is probably the only recording - EVER - of her using chest voice! And it is so exciting to see her getting so into character and having so much fun! I think that anyone who is a true fan of great singers and of great singing will spit their drink out over this video, it must be literally be one of the rarest musical moments ever captured on video. This is why the audience is going so crazy throughout the piece! If I am not mistaken, the ONLY other time she used chest voice EVER was for a split second in her Spirituals Concert with Kathleen Battle from 1990, in the song "You Can Tell The World", for the words "...you can tell the nations about that" - and there, too, a wave of commotion swept over the audience right in the middle of the song! I never heard her sing live but I was SO CLOSE; I was in the audience for opening night of The Makropulos Case at the Met on January 6, 1996, but the tenor actually DIED onstage before Norman's first entrance, and the performance was canceled! This video is a rare treasure in the history of music.

[@jjlungdoc7472]

If you listen to the first part of the aria from Ariadne auf Naxos she goes very low with her chest voice ( Es gibt ein Reich)

[@onigbajamo]

Are you sure about that?

[@lizbradshaw5747]

Jessye Norman bringing on the sexy with that little dance and wink right at the beginning. I wish I could have been lucky enough to hear her in person. 🎶❤️🎶

[@stephencostan207]

formidable.............supreme artistry..............liquid velvet

[@rudolphmcneill515]

OMG!! One of the GREATEST voices of all time. Jsmh. Continue to R.I.P. Diva. ❤❤❤❤❤

[@WotanKlingsor]

Chest voice!! It's there!!

[@justa335]

Incomparable!

[@marconepereiradeoliveira5508]

um mulherão , devia ser uma presença majestosa , energetica.

[@fionalistermum653]

Love this woman ❤❤❤

[@stefanboxy953]

Amazing

[@AmyAmy-er8bp]

And so they taught everyone, until someone stands out.

[@rubenroquiero4220]

Hace lo que quiere con su voz

[@ГалинаТрушина-н5ю]

Дирижёр какой милый❤❤❤

[@josemariaboetto8645]

MAJESTUOSA...MAJESTUOSA

[@naomilainelosa4158]

Superb

[@nelsoncampo-m1v]

Eso sí es una voz

[@leshaunda]

Yes IT IS!!!!

[@jollyroger4477]

Yes ma'am pam!

[@alhugh01]

I have been looking for this this ... forever

[@lerossignols]

GOLDEN AGE OF OPERA!!!

[@cestlaviesung3283]

ç est sublime

[@AmyAmy-er8bp]

Asuma the only thing we did, was here, learn it, sing it, exercise, sing it and so on.... Remember gestures were not given, neither was your teacher's voice.

[@mimiguzman8663]

Diosa eterna♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@Ainzleeriddell]

So much fun!!!!

[@angelikamukhanova6982]

Isn't she gorgeous?!!

[@leshaunda]

Yes she is!!

[@rubenroquiero4220]

Yes

[@pastpatour]

Chest voice!

[@rudolphmcneill515]

DAT'S RIGHT!!! 🥰

[@gratiaDei777]

Those were optimistic times

[@Rafael-qi9bt]

❤❤❤

[@INOBT100]

I love Jessye Norman's Carmen, but R U sure This Is Coloratura?

[@musicus9]

Overacting. I dont Like it

[@rogerlikion7711]

❤❤❤❤❤❤