Jessye Norman sings Carmen - Habanera

[@theadvernaut7704]

2 hours into a Jessye Norman rabbit hole - wonderful reminders of why I love love love that voice so much.

[@happygucci5094]

I’m on one now- the richness of her voice the deftness of her phrasing… sublime. Her diction and pronounciation- her breath control- what a Diva!! Please listen to her sing Dido’s Death scene by Purcell as well as Strauss The Four Last Songs and her singing Mahler and Wagner - just to die for

[@utube0803]

She sounds like liquid gold being poured into a gold vase... Spectacularly lovely! Bravo!!!

[@道-p2e]

sometime as fragile as thin golden silk, sometime it is pouring golden rain, never disappoint, the depth of her artistry and hard work digging into the role, is top gold standard, what a loss to operatic world. True artist.

[@direfranchement]

She had such a great tone and her voice was instantly recognizable. Cannot be said for many or most opera singers.

[@MissAnnaG]

you put my thoughts to words

[@eener023]

Even without being a staged production, I love how she just lets herself get lost in the music and the character. Oh, and that control. I love that everything's not just on full blast. Not because she can't, but because she uses it for the right moments. Oh the subtleties she brings to her performances. *swoon*

[@susanlegeza7562]

Whatever she sang was perfection!

[@Dragonfly741]

Jessye Norman and Seiji Ozawa....my God...I wish if I was there....just in the corner....

[@greenearthblueskies8556]

👍🏽

[@nyx6937]

Jessye Norman, you are now in heaven, but your voice remains in our hearts forever.

[@stephenbarnett1394]

The angels choir would have signed her up immediately upon her arrival in Heaven.

[@aureliacornelia79adgracchu29]

Somehow it's always the sopranos who get all the hype, but for me it's the mezzo that does it! Her MON COEUR S'OUVRE from Samson and Dalilah gives me goosebumps every time! And that lovely Habanera quite late in her career: gorgeous!

[@beab8738]

I love her version mon coeur too! Simple melts me everytime.

[@rivafussball6719]

Look how the guy directly behind her gazes at her and shakes his head in awe at her brilliance!! That's priceless!

[@barbaraflores8788]

I think Jessye Norman's version, is truly The Best! She has the perfect voice range for this song. The rich quality and the love, she puts, into it. So beautiful~ 🍃🌹🍃

[@MD-ev9hs]

BARBARA FLORES: You are SO VERY RIGHT. Well, it does "help" that I think exactly the same thing as you do, LOL! Because to me, JESSY NORMAN'S version is also the BEST.

[@ericapastecki4752]

Love is a gypsy child who never, never follows the rules 💙🌸🌼🌺 R.I.P. Jessye Norman

[@Alanpoeme]

your translation is accurate, though literraly the lyrics is about love does not KNOW LAW jessye rip om mari peme hung no superstition 😍

[@snowwhitebeautyful]

Together with Callas she's one of the rare sopranos who can ding this right, in mezzo register, thanks to her specific voice. Well donne, Jessye!

[@sarawoodington9947]

Rest in peace, our beautiful songstress, our fortress, our Queen. Vita Brevis, Ars Longa.

[@tinplater]

Everyone who treasured her artistry should listen, now, to her recording of Strauss' Four Last Songs.

[@philip3153]

Yes. Yes. Powerful!

[@neji-hyuga-]

The heavens gained a wonderful voice in their angel's choir

[@curaticac5391]

Her French accent is very good!

[@DieFlabbergast]

According to French commentators on other KZbin videos, her French is perfect!

[@CarolynBlakeslee]

What a sensual, beautiful, thoughtful rendition.

[@nathandavis3002]

Anyone else notice how aazong her breath control is here? She sings this at an extraordinarily slow tempo, and still, she breezes straight through points where virtually every other singer (singing at the much faster standard tempo at that) have to pause to take a breath.

[@bluechazzan]

This is from 1989, Jessye Norman is joined by tenor Neil Shicoff, with the Orchestre National de France led by Seiji Ozawa.

[@marusmoothjazz]

I had the chance to watch this show in a cultural channel in Mexico city a long long time ago, and I've been looking for this for years, cause I love it. It's such a pleasure to see it again. I wish there would be a DVD of this extraordinary artists' performance.

[@mariko7diva]

I love Jessye's voice. And this Mr. Ozawa looked very young and cute in white!

[@jeanvandenberghe3239]

Comment pouvait-elle chanter aussi bien dans un français parfait !Absolutely Splendid!

[@bigmamatate]

This is just soo beautiful.. i love the song, its such a wonderful song but her voice is so amazing it makes me cry every time. i wish i could see her in person

[@adelesteff3902]

C'est horrible d'apprendre que Jessye Norman est morte. Mais il faut se considérer heureux d'avoir été ses contemporains et en ce qui me concerne, plus de 40 ans après l'avoir découverte lors d'un concert où elle chantait les 'Quatre Derniers Lieder' de R. Strauss, je me souviens de cette soirée comme de l'un des plus beaux moments de ma vie, quelque chose qui était proche d'un éblouissement. Si le mot 'Diva' a un sens, il le trouve ici, sa présence était constituée d'un art sublime et d'une bienveillance merveilleuse. L'écouter, c'était déjà grandiose mais être charmé(e) par elle était aussi délicieux. Magnifique, magnifique, magnifique Jessye Norman.

[@andamzayiya2558]

A queen, a priceless treasure. Rest easy beloved, we will listen for all Time

[@songelosodelzefiro2102]

I think this is the clearest rendition of "Habanera" I have ever heard. Every note is emited with the perfect precision which is very, very rare in this aria (listen to admired Elina Garanca, how flat and colourless she is in her rendition available on YT). Maybe the tempo is too slow, which undoubtedly helps with smoothing every single note, but in general the result is amazing. Jessie Norman and Maria Callas are the best performers of this aria. Callas, singing in much faster tempo, is brilliant!

[@bravaLiz]

I love Jessye. I love Renee. More to mention, but I will admit that La Divina... Maria C. inspired great singers such as these.

[@esuna6352]

Songelosodelzefiro I've found out that Christa Ludwig did Carmen albeit German. She's also quite the contender for those two!

[@franciscoruiz4264]

El m

[@metacarple]

Tatyana Troyanos for me - with Solti conducting, Domingo as Jose and Kiri te Kanawa as Michaela - the best recording of Carmen bar none.

[@marcaurele3115]

Comme cette video rend nostalgique ! Quelle artiste ! Cette voix sublime parfaitement maîtrisée, cette intelligence du texte...et cette diction ! Quel français parfait ! Et c'est émouvant de la voir au côté de Janine Reiss qui travailla aussi avec Maria Callas ! Bravo et merci !

[@alex21081977]

Me recordo quando assisti o VHS dessa fabulosa gravação da Carmen. Era, salvo engano, início de 1990. O tempo passa, mas as boas recordações sempre ficam. Descanse em paz Jessye Norman; você fez a diferença!

[@felicitemajewa8936]

La meilleure Du velours pour la passion.

[@paulplaton7673]

L'Espagne, la France, le Japon, et derrière Jessye l'Amérique et surtout l'Afrique. Indépassable...!!!

[@TheTupyornottupy]

Oh! She is a goddess! This year I had a pleasure to see her at Southbank in London and I'll never forget this day!

[@andy957]

Gorgeous. Also the chorus sounds rich and beautiful.

[@Zenobiadream]

Queen. We miss you.

[@hervevincentyakasa]

Rest in peace, Jessye Norman

[@donyab.e4767]

I know absolutely no feench and could only read the subtitles and this was my first time hearing this song and this singer and I was just amazed.

[@raularango5973]

Cómo desciende su tesitura al registro de la mezzo, como frasea, como marca el tiempo, con cuánta facilidad mantiene el color, que mujer más profesional esta.

[@MyaLittle-qd5hq]

Energy🌟

[@williamhantou1168]

nous ne t'oublierons jamais.....R I P...ta voix .....SEIGNEUR

[@gungagaolu8869]

Jessye! Jessye! Jessye! Wow.......Rest In Peace

[@bryociadawkins1547]

Absolutely beautiful omg !

[@Azilis1976]

Une diction parfaite en français ! Elle est délicieuse ❤

[@FallacyAsPraxis]

I used to watch documentaries about Jessye all the time on public television. What a gorgeous soul! Beauty really is an internal thing, and Jessye projected it in every song she sang. She was so cultured, eloquent, flawless in her execution, and beautiful. What a woman! In one of the scenes she looked so smug in her fur while she was waiting for her cue from Pavarotti. (This was back in the day before the PC madness when it was ok for women to wear fur and to just enjoy being feminine and ladylike.) I miss the days of yore. [Some things are just indescribably beautiful, and forever frozen in time by memory.] She had a gift that comes only from the Supernal. So sad that she's gone. I love her. I love her voice and her music and her passion, gratitude, and humility for God and for life. Thank you, Jessye, for this beautiful music that is a disappearing part of our culture.

[@FridaM100]

Adore you Ms. Norman.

[@severinobernardo5638]

jessye é diva que marca em seus recitais....

[@africo9104]

Gosh, She is so wonderful , love this , just wonderful, her smile makes you want to dance.

[@StephersBeyond]

Damn she's amazing! 👏👏👏👏👏👏❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@feralbluee]

She is so wonderful - a beautiful soprano. :)🌷

[@corneliusbates460]

She showed how amazing. This is absolutely beautiful

[@AD-qw5ru]

Merci belle union de ces tallents ! À ceux qui sont ici bon chemin 2023 y más allá. Puisez l'amour vous.aurez l'anondance felicidades

[@zahrasi-youcef8593]

Why Seiji Ozawa is so good to bring his female singers Jessye Norman and Frederica Von Stade at the top of the perfection ?

[@milajaja]

Слушать и наслаждаться! 👍👏👏👏🌹🌹🌹

[@angelamunozramirez1520]

C'EST MAGNIFIQUE.

[@Scarabee80]

J'ai la chaire de poule!

[@lunnouxhinds8464]

I love her that voice is pure magic.

[@analimatraducoes]

Perfeição em forma de voz!

[@arqkot]

We will miss you Jessye

[@jainereingard]

Wow, I have just found out about this lady today, Incredible Music. I absolutely love this !

[@profMaximvs]

MIssing her TREMENDOUS voice...

[@numetutelare]

Voce di una bellezza insolente, di una morbidezza e di un velluto sontuosi... irraggiungibile

[@magdavictoriajimenezlatorr5028]

HERMOSO COLOR DE VOZ. !LÁSTIMA QUE SE HAYA IDO YA!

[@glenneager3067]

Lovely. Very good. She IS Carmen

[@jooaovictorr]

02:38 I'm living for it

[@sandramcdonald3045]

Wonderful!

[@sugarrgerl7]

Beautiful Genius.

[@paxguns]

How I envy the angels.

[@Tirsa46]

Jessye, gracias!

[@maruzzella1950]

The Japanese Maestro Director is favoloso

[@Vera511]

"Jesus said to her: I am the resurrection and the life. The one who exercises Faith in me, even though he dies, will come to life; and everyone that is living and exercises Faith in me will never die at all. Do you believe this?" (John 11: 25,26) RIP Madam

[@b980620]

Jessye Norman에 박수를 보냅니다.감동적입니다.

[@saralemos1673]

Obrigada Joca. Tinha essa filmagem em fita de vídeo mas, deu fungo.Muito obrigada por me proporcionres essa alegria e emoção novamente.

[@rellenoz]

I need to hear the full version

[@gamer.7830]

Encantadores !

[@sapphirejordan]

RIP Ms. Norman

[@lucia332]

jessy I love you.....the performance of Callas is beautiful too...bur with you I can fly between emotions 😍

[@queenofunderland]

True !

[@NGNG3]

I feel the same way! LOL I just found this today! So happy to see this performance. : )

[@NGNG3]

Awesome videobyte! So happy to have found this on KZbin! Thank you for the fond memories of the vocals of Miss Leontyne Price. What divine vocals she have!

[@СеклитаЛимариха]

Классная Джесси! Монументальная Джесси!

[@piustwelfth]

Jessye could have sung more mezzo roles. Also, her French is excellent. P.S.: The above video contains only half of the aria.

[@stefanwild326]

I cannot judge her french, but believe that languages must have been a major talent of hers, because as a native speaker I can judge her German and it is fantastic too

[@dmr11235]

@@stefanwild326 amazingly, Jessye Norman never sang in a language she didn’t speak. She was known to speak at least English, Spanish, French, Italian, German, and Czech

[@iscribblesongs]

@wTrevorh Did you not notice all the microphones around? It's obviously a recording session. Operas are rarely recorded as true live performances for albums. There's almost always a studio recording. Hardly a waste of time...this is magnificent work from all involved!

[@magdalopes2247]

Bravissima !

[@JocaFreitasJoca]

@wTrevorh NONSENSE! This is truly a masterpiece!

[@johnhagan-zr4pm]

"Everything you do is sexy" 0:04 Has both the girls laughing.

[@pedrocamenzind6866]

Does anyone happen to have the whole rehearsal? This is impressive.

[@scottwilson8258]

There is a whole recording - I had it on a CD in the 90s

[@pedrocamenzind6866]

@@scottwilson8258 Lucky you! I would like to get it. Thanks!

[@scottwilson8258]

Try Spotify to see if it is on there.

[@pedrocamenzind6866]

@@scottwilson8258 I really appreciate this! You're great!

[@laurodetebas585]

L'amour et entanto de Boheme ❤

[@shymaury]

AWESOME!!!!

[@ms.annthrope415]

Gotta eat a big wonderful meal, like a 20 ounce prime rib at Morton's, then come home to pour a glass of 30 year aged brandy, then light a wonderful dark, complex Maduro cigar, say a Comacho Triple Maduro. Sit back, puff bit, sip a bit, and let Diva Norman's equally rich, and complex voice take us away. Now life is good.

Thank you, Jessye...

[@germanquintero10121946]

MARAVILLOSA

[@BRASILEIRAINDIGNADA]

Canta muito!

[@СеклитаЛимариха]

Помним. Любим. Скорбим.

[@laurensaul24]

Holy moly☺️😳

[@laurensaul1821]

Wow🌻💖

[@ShaneTallon88]

#chills 🥶❄️

[@violettavitovskaya3446]

Богиня .. просто богиня

[@mikebauer4343]

wonderful as music and role. my favorite habanera. one has to yield to the music, not looking for the uptempo flash perhaps necessary in a full performance. I think of ravel's 'bolero ', and how he wanted it as slow as possible. music issound, and good sound has texture, like a media in the flow, gripping and pulling the ear into the stream.

[@fantonyxiangshudecarvalho]

L'amour est un oiseau rebelle Que nul ne peut apprivoiser, Et c'est bien en vain qu'on l'appelle, S'il lui convient de refuser. Rien n'y fait, menace ou prière. L'un parle bien, l'autre se tait. Et c'est l'autre que je préfère, Il n'a rien dit mais il me plaît. L'amour! L'amour! L'amour! L'amour! L'amour est enfant de bohème; Il n'a jamais, jamais, connu de loi. Si tu ne m'aimes pas, je t'aime, Et si je t'aime, prends garde à toi! Prends garde à toi! Si tu ne m'aimes pas, si tu ne m'aimes pas, je t'aime! Prends garde à toi! Mais si je t'aime, si je t'aime, prends garde à toi! L'oiseau que tu croyais surprendre Battit de l'aile et s'envola. L'amour est loin, tu peux l'attendre; Tu ne l'attends plus, il est là! Tout autour de toi, vite, vite, Il vient, s'en va,…

[@WernerMartin-h3r]

Merci beaucoup : )

[@francesryckmans1756]

Yes !!!

[@dmr11235]

It’s remarkable that she can pull of such a restrained mezzo role as excellently as she does here, but I feel like Jessye shines brighter as a Wagnerian soprano-see her O hehrstes Wunder! or her magnificent Dido’s Lament. Jessye as Carmen feels a bit like driving a Rolls Royce in first gear: wonderful and luxurious but with tons of unused power

[@dmr11235]

(Yes I know mezzos can sing Dido)

[@МилаЩербатенко]

Помимо дивного голоса, полная отдача себя образу оперы Бизе.

[@marcossollinger]

Lindo

[@James-z5p3y]

so wickedly sensual slowed down and subdued like this

[@pastora7651]

Que poderío cuando sube

[@cecilefox9136]

Jessye,R.I.P.