Jessye Norman - A Portrait - When I Am Laid In Earth (Purcel

Jessye Norman - A Portrait - When I Am Laid In Earth (Purcell)

[@michelleevans3988]

She looks and sounds like the Queen of some impossible, unimaginable universe....

[@kagitsune]

Jodorowsky's Dune. 🏜️✨

[@BrunoFrance1974]

A reason to play it full-screen. Really immerse oneself. Bliss.

[@allanclark3283]

Maybe Carthage?

[@adele_with_a_b]

@@allanclark3283 touché 😂

[@youtubeusername7156]

wakanda

[@sabrabba]

In case anyone's wondering what she says at the end of the video, "Ich leb' allein in meinem Himmel, in meinem Lieben, in meinem lied." from Mahler's Rückert-Lieder: Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen. Translated, it means " I live alone in my own heaven, in my love, in my song." She finishes by saying " Schöner gehts nicht", meaning "It could not be more beautiful." Jessye Norman, you could not be more beautiful. Thank you for being an inspiration to so many singers over the years, myself included. Thank you for the beautiful recordings you leave behind. Rest gently, beautiful queen.

[@alejandrocervantes1552]

sabrabba thank you for translating

[@serious7179]

Thank you for this...now I'm really crying

[@leerhode1021]

Thank you for the translation. I have come back often to re-read it. So beautiful...

[@bjaco290]

Merci beaucoup pour votre réponse. I wish I spoke german

[@DonVueltaMorales]

Schöner gibst nicht: From "es gibt" = there is. You'll find nothing more beautiful.

[@sjinzaar]

Some singers sing... some singers conquer the world... some singers conquer the soul

[@Светлана-э7е2г]

Верно.

[@UkeOne]

A glorious, velvety voice...magnificent tone and outstanding phrasing. She sings so effortlessly and with passion. Stunning....!

[@matthewproser6389]

Probably the greatest dramatic soprano who ever sang. She just has everything and we won’t hear her like again soon.

[@davidhall5381]

Did anyone ever know how "Dido's Lament in Henry Purcell's composition of 1689 came to the notice of Jessye Norman..300 years later..?

[@daviddesilva3355]

We lost one of opera’s greatest ever today. 😔😔

[@willmatthews3155]

yes.

[@Marlene55M]

One of? Simply the greatest ever.

[@montmorency1950]

The Muses have called her home.

[@gsaturn8614]

Tears..... The world will remember you forever.

[@writerinc]

Awwwww...my heart ache, can't believe she's gone but I know the heavens are welcoming her home!

[@desert_holly]

Makes me cry so much.

[@blantonkb]

I know!! She's definitely one of heavens most lovely angels.

[@Yaco1804]

An amazing lady, voice of a generation - this is when the word legend should be used.

[@justanotherguy469]

You guys are all so beautiful and eloquent with your replies.

[@davidwhyberd7612]

This moved me to tears. She possessed the greatest voice that I have ever heard. I heard her sing as Jocasta in Aedipus Rex when I sang with the Philharmonia Chorus. I queued to meet her after the performance. I have never felt such charisma. It was like an audience with a Queen. She was warm and charming during our short conversation. I had met true greatness. I will never forget it. I was very upset that she passed away. She had a nobility about her. There were comments on her blackness when she was singing roles early in her career. Her reply was " I rather like the colour myself". She rose above it all.

[@alexandrawalker4640]

Sadly this is the first time I've listened to Jessye Norman, the day after she died. What an inspiration! Hers is the kind of singing that reminds me how amazing it is to be alive. May she rest in peace

[@kristinemustaeva1789]

Alexandra Walker ❤️🌷

[@rudihut7799]

Same tho

[@Frostgrl681]

I love your comment.

[@travelgirl92224]

Oh my God, I just learned she died. She was (is) one of my favorite opera voices.

[@e.conboy4286]

Dame Norman was the music, she was was the character, There is no one in the world like her. She was magnificent in every way, everywhere she went. We have entertained an Angel unawares! Thanks be to God for His wonderful gift. e.conboy

[@charles.e.g.]

I think this is one of the most heartbreaking and emotionally devastating arias in all of opera. And only an artist of Jessye Norman’s immense talent can capture the full emotional gravity that it expresses. God bless you dear Jessye. 🙏❤️🙏

[@user-of7ft8pz6g]

I FULLY AGREE A FLAWLESS PERFORMANCE

[@nunyacarrie8135]

Easily one of the most beautiful voices of all times.

[@Johnmag1976]

Lady Norman was perfectly fluent in French, German,and Italian. Hard worker since childhood, but with her huge Intelligence, any achievement was possible ❤

[@AndrewRudin]

"Remember me." How could it be possible not to.

[@flockofscallops]

Andrew Rudin amen!

[@MALAKYT]

INDEED.

[@blantonkb]

You are so right

[@titinatrance]

Andrew Rudin wonderful.

[@wandatinsley2555]

Amennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn Andrew

[@apricotcookie4850]

She sings Remember Me and looks right into the camera - straight into our hearts and souls. Oh, dear magnificent Jessye, fear not, we will remember you forever. Remember your voice, your beauty, your heart, your intelligence, your impeccable musicianship, your sublimity. Thank you for sharing yourself and your gifts with us so generously. Know that you are greatly loved.

[@leerhode1021]

Excellently stated. Greatly loved and greatly missed.

[@Marcheloul]

Everything you say is true but she doesn't "look right into the camera" not even once...

[@planetconcourse]

Were you watching a different video. The honorable Ms. Norman, never looked into the camera - or at least it was never captured by the cameraman. Yet, we will NEVER forget you Jessye Norman!

[@larryduncan4071]

@@planetconcourse Yes she did...apparently you missed it. 01:46 and again at 02:47

[@planetconcourse]

@@larryduncan4071 Yer Right! ;)

[@yct204]

"Remember me, remember me....." brought me tears..... What a beautiful and unforgettable voice!

[@kamelryke31]

Souviens toi de moi...

[@MadelaineJonesCreative]

I'm normally not a huge fan of lots of vibrato in Purcell, but Jessye Norman's voice and interpretation are just so sorrowful and moving and beautiful that she proves me wrong. Stunning.

[@camthesaxman3387]

The heavy vibrato just ruins it for me. It makes the words unintelligible, doesn't sound great, and isn't appropriate for Baroque period.

[@Thetruepianoman]

​@@camthesaxman3387:(

[@fisk1866]

The magic and beauty of interpretation! Who wants to hear 300 years of the same styling and interpretation?!?!?!?!

[@dolinaj1]

Cam: what heavy vibrato? Duh.

[@rileynavra]

@@camthesaxman3387 I mean your opinion is valid, but vibrato has a heavy presence in baroque music, however in a much different way than modern interpretation. Typically it is used as ornamentation on long ending notes like the “me” is “remember me” and of course the “ahs” and “fate”. It is a bit excessive in other places, but does not make the English intelligible unless you just have poor hearing.

[@markomaras6495]

Her voice, her expressions, her clothes, the mirrors, the camera, everything combined in an awe-inspiring whole. Truly a Gesamtkunstwerk.

[@dominicportelli7468]

Truly a what!?

[@stedfo111]

​@@dominicportelli7468 An all over work of art in german

[@ronnabinn-hersh4412]

Rest in peace. She will be remembered through her beautiful music.

[@anacletwilliams8315]

Yes, she will.

[@Steinbach1984]

I simply can't bear this. One of the most moving moments in all of opera, Norman's sublime and unbound interpretation, fond memories of singing this opera myself... and now her death. It's just to much. Thank you Jessye.

[@serious7179]

I agree...my heart hurts so

[@niquetamadrepd5701]

"Remember me"..

[@Inspirawalker37]

Steinbach1984 I couldn’t agree more. I’m profoundly sad. I thank God we had her.

[@e.conboy4286]

@@niquetamadrepd5701 Jesse Norman will never be forgotten.

[@markirving4015]

She sings as The Earth. Not just a queen, but the Earth itself.

[@JaneDoe-ci3gj]

What a lovely, poetic way to put it. I fully agree!😊🌹

[@lwhitman57]

As soon as I heard, I had to come to listen to this.

[@n.j.t262]

Precisely the same here. Very grateful for her art. Thank you very much Jessye and all the best in the next phase. You have tremendously nurished our souls and you will continue to do so with your lecagy.

[@coreycox2345]

Her Ave Maria shent shivers down my spine. It was the most beautiful thing I had heard.

[@jacquelinetillyer8666]

Bless you nearly a year since my true Queen left us. Pity us but may a thread of her pure gift and beauty shields us. So brave.

[@lundilar]

Put this in a time capsule, and send it out into the universe. My god!

[@beanstaIkjack]

No don't. I think aliens would prefer some Daft Punk

[@romarioseaton168]

This is by far the best version of this song I've heard of all time!! Jessye is the QUEEN OF OPERA!!! Heart break never felt so right!! OMG

[@rubyedelman7775]

Kirsten Flagstad is!

[@roibin123]

Dame Baker rules

[@adriennepyke4149]

as well.....

[@Rwthless1]

Yes, for some things, but this isn't Janet Baker's sort of thing, though she could sing it. Jessye is supreme in this as a Carthaginian Queen.

[@itan96]

Agreed! Jessye Norman is the best!

[@elizabethholden9686]

She sings remember me and it shakes my soul... Rest in love Diva.

[@loricameron1977]

Purcel wrote this for just such a voice. Perfection.

[@francoisbessing]

WOW. Your comment sent chills through my body. Mein Gotte!

[@alejandrocervantes1552]

Lori Cameron agreed!!!!

[@alejandrocervantes1552]

Lori Cameron Indeed

[@wandatinsley2555]

SO_Oooooooooooooooooooooooo True!!!!!! She loved doing it right...repetition and constant rehearsal!

[@theon9575]

Lori Cameron No way...Hardly!! Not at all. LOL. Singers did not project ego and big voice like this in Purcell's day. And certainly not female sopranos. He would have written it for counter-tenor, a bloke, because he had these in his company.! Check the many historically accurate versions on You-Tube. Janet Baker more like the style. But I agree this is spectacular, and Mr Purcell would have been amazed, and would have loved Miss Norman, though. He was quite a lad.

[@monicacall7532]

Jessye Norman has been my favorite opera singer for a long time. This beautiful lament is the perfect way to remember her as she sings,”Remember me.” I certainly never will never forget her. Sing now with the angels Jessye.

[@francoisbessing]

My Lord what a voice. She has the most powerful version of this song I have ever heard. The others are nice but this is spiritual, lamentation, provocation, hurt combined.

[@andrewpalframan4666]

It's not meant to be 'powerful' it's a lament.

[@norsewoman7997]

@@andrewpalframan4666 I read it as 'powerful' meaning: touching to the heart and mind of the hearer...which a lament definitely can be.

[@francoisbessing]

@@andrewpalframan4666 And yet it was powerful. Not in decibels but in its ability to convey its message, its lamentation to over a million viewers.

[@dpcisunbreakable]

@@andrewpalframan4666 There is room for both states of being. Chill.

[@fearworks7249]

@@andrewpalframan4666 Perhaps he means it's powerfully lamentful.

[@ledylanclair]

Jessye Norman, A Being of Light that has traversed through the ages, An inspiration in such dark times. May Her Light forever illuminate your path. She is the Universe.

[@KarenDBrame]

Dylan Clair you worded that simply BEAUTIFULLY!! #GORGEOUSsentiment 💜💜💜👑💜💜💜

[@e.conboy4286]

I think you are right.

[@jeffodonnell7371]

As a young student in Philadelphia I had the great fortune to hear her live with the orchestra a number of times. It was a sound like I had never heard. Huge and impossibly lush. I had a lesson at the Academy of Music one day before a rehearsal and ran into her in the green room. Almost literally. Haha. She was a stunning presence. Radiant somehow. I am saddened at her passing, but I trust that she had a blessed life. RIP.

[@DAS1962]

What a memory to treasure

[@romarioseaton168]

I revisit this performance few times per year and each time I’m more gutted that she passed away! RIP Queen Jessye!!

[@MrKeithterrett]

I was on stage in Covent Garden once with Ms Norman back in the 80's, with the Kneller Hall Trumpeters performing a fanfare prior to her performance. She was a wonderful singer, and great feminist! Such a powerful voice. Her battle to become an Opera Singer is highly motivational. Rest in Peace Ms Jesse Norman, you have done a great service for women and opera! This aria by Purcell is so beautifully sung, I find it hurts when I hear it. Why certain listeners don't like this rendition is beyond comprehension.

[@marcaurele3115]

Jessye Norman nous manque ! A écouter ce lamento , on est pris d'une émotion qui ne vous lâche plus . Sans doute la meilleure interpretation de Didon , apres tant d'autres airs que sa voix sublime transendait... Pour moi , elle restera la Marianne de 1989 chantant la Marseillaise place de la conxorde. Le plus beau cadeau qu'elle fit à la France. Merci , madame , vous restez dans nos coeurs !

[@ashleyln1990]

She'll be singing the most angelic arias in Heaven. RIP Miss Jessye 😥

[@romokepearl7843]

I don’t even like opera but this had me crying all through 🥹

[@e.conboy4286]

OMG! Goose bumps! She had and will not have an equal. Rest I’m Heavenly peace, dear Jessye Norman

[@GutterpressFerret]

The purest and most beautiful voice in the world. A queen. We will always remember you. 30.09.19

[@lmach029]

One of the greatest opera singers of all time. My goddess has gone to sleep. Rest in peace

[@conorwarren2665]

I can't believe she is gone. This is my favorite performance from her.

[@jhonwask]

I always loved her beautiful voice. She was a stunning lady.

[@johnerdmann2700]

Only this angel could present this.

[@TheS9276]

I saw her live at The Broward Center. Just Ms. Norman and a pianist. I thought I was going to die from goose bumps.

[@francoisbessing]

Wow. Would have loved to see her live

[@edbenedict6643]

I'm sadden by our loss: Time will mute our grief: Her legacy will raise us to consummate joy.

[@noaheinstein2369]

I could always hear the whole universe when she sang. So clear, so round and almost unbearably beautiful. Majestic calm, beyond all knowing. Thank you, Jesse.

[@francoisbessing]

Beautiful words.

[@rachaelsimone521]

@@francoisbessing I agree.

[@davecharrier6632]

One of the most heartbreaking laments sung perfectly by one of the best.

[@blueskies4all]

The amazing beauty of this music and this voice brings tears to my eyes. Jessye Norman, we remember you

[@SeadogDriftwood]

"Ich leb' allein in meinem Himmel, in meiner Liebe, in meinem Lied. Schöner gibt's nicht!" "I live alone in my (own) heaven, in my (own) love, in my (own) song. There's nothing more beautiful!" And I gotta agree with her on that!

[@manthasagittarius1]

She is quoting the text of one of the Rueckert settings of Mahler, Ich bin der Welt Abhanden gekommen. I recommend listening to this too. Her Mahler interpretations were wonderful.

[@wandatinsley2555]

PURE Loveeeeee!

[@MariaJose-tl6km]

Thsnks for the translation

[@jennifergambaccini5958]

I can listen to Jessye Norman sing this over and over again. Her voice truly expresses the emotions of this piece.

[@shesingsbroadway7717]

My heart broke with every note. So heart-wrenchingly beautiful.

[@bmbutler2]

SheSingsBroadway me too. At the end I cried especially knowing the context of this beautiful aria in Purcell’s opera

[@aslj1179]

I remember being 10 years old, and watching this beautiful woman perform in the commonwealth of Virginia. She was simply beautiful in every way, transcendent! She showed me you could be a magnificent performer of color! Thank you melanin mother of opera!

[@mmcleod8148]

We will remember you forever.

[@kevs1536]

I first discovered her music while browsing through youtube videos of Dido's Lament. I was immediately drawn to her rendition...so full of emotion. I proceeded to scour the internet for every performance of hers I could find. Rest in peace beautiful-lady-with-the-voice-that-causes-Angels-to-pause-and-listen.

[@thethikboy]

'Remember me' splits the very earth in two like my heart.

[@KarenDBrame]

thethikboy Your sentiment is GORGEOUSLY stated!!!! 💜💜💜👑💜💜💜

[@francoisbessing]

Oh my goodness... Your words

[@toutouzim007]

This is just beyond Beauty, one of the only voices that make me cry every time again...

[@VictorHernandez-wo1vn]

Nice

[@MariaJose-tl6km]

Make me cry in in deep feeling of love, pain, greatness and sorrow of the soul of the life

[@bunnybgood411]

What a splendid voice. Rest In Peace, Jessye Norman.

[@nelsonvega3444]

She was one of the greatest in the classical world …and they have been many …I admire her ..her sound her poise her acting …one of the greatest indeed ..

[@LoZandCoDfan]

She gives me chills, she puts so much emotion into her performances.

[@rthomas1031]

This is The Saddest Song. Period, saddest song of all time. I’ve never been able to listen to it without tears...

[@MarthalieThurstonSachemPiper]

Miss Norman now sings with the angels...

[@Jonathanos0]

Amazing performance

[@theonlycontessa8771]

Just missed her anniversary. RIP you incredible human.

[@CubanoLA]

This will be played in my funeral! Shortly before the big Salsa Dancing Party! I'm and opera loving Cuban who was lucky to see Jessye Norman live! How lucky I am!

[@luckymortal]

This is LITERALLY the most opera thing that has ever happened.

[@DearStephanieX]

haha yes!

[@bordoallergia1]

indeed

[@jennyobrien4185]

A beautiful and. unforgettable voice. Rest In Peace Ms Norman.

[@mortalclown3812]

A force of nature. Rest in paradise.

[@tracya6540]

I played this every year after my high school music history students studied this opera. My students were spellbound and they loved it! This gives me chills every time I watch it. Amazing!

[@DeeleeDubeMusic]

Immortal... we will surely remember you dear Jessye. Rest in heavenly peace now

[@monizdm]

I have heard her many times at the Met. I had a very brief encounter with her at, of all places, a performance of Hello Dolly. She was in a wheelchair, and I made a very brief compliment to her. She responded kindly in her very regal way. I won't forget that moment. I have always and will continue to be an admirer. God bless you.

[@crybabyland]

She passed today. So, so sad. Rest well, Queen.

[@Pooquie1]

There will never be another like Jessye..........I thank God I was alive to see her share that magnificent voice with world. RIP my Queen!!!!!!!!!!!

[@EllaEllaEh]

What a voice. What power. What control. Beautiful!

[@normanbonk8064]

I remember Jessey. I loved her so. Prayers.

[@philippacarroll9714]

This has haunted me since I heard it for the first time a few weeks ago. It's so, so beautiful and moving, it brings tears to my eyes.

[@planetconcourse]

It must!

[@VeraNazarian-TAG]

Rest in peace, Jessye… We will remember you always, glorious queen!

[@user-ny8xt1ui3h]

I love music that makes me cry, so beautiful

[@adoris864]

This is the song I want played at my funeral, when they are rolling my casket out of the church. I can't think of a better parting song and an indelible memory to leave ones friends and family; even ones enemies. REMEMBER ME!

[@gardenermd]

"Remember me" Yes, I will ... gratefully.

[@stephanieking4444]

I discovered opera listening to Jessye Norman. She made me love a musical genre that I was finding difficult to appreciate. May she rest in peace, among those great artists who have shaped my youth and are now gone.

[@tenorschofield]

Her voice is a velvet rounded gift to all of us!!!.By hearing to her, you can understand appogio,voice position, emision, projection,etc. She is one of my all time voice favorites. What can I say?, I am a Jessye Norman fan. Bravooooo!!!!!!!!

[@leerhode1021]

You are not alone.

[@tenorschofield]

@@leerhode1021 Thanks🎶✌

[@dianadesaiflutestudio7958]

This is the first time I am hearing Miss Norman. I have heard many other great opera singers, but truly her voice is the most beautiful of all! It is like an arrow that shoots right into your heart and awakens your soul. Such a piercing, almost painfully beautiful voice!

[@TheMarialb]

amazing, now singing in another dimension

[@Sam-Pereira]

I don't care how you feel about this piece, or Purcell's music in general, but this is MAGIC. She put so much into this.

[@ColleenMEA]

Tears in her glorious memory.

[@hwh1946]

Great singing. Purcell's music-300+- years old. Brought to life in our time by this great artist. great music great singer

[@sea4605]

I'm saddened I didn't discover her sooner. Her voice is simply divine, I cried listening to this. RIP queen 🕊️❤️.

[@tohokugirl8144]

Jessye is one of the best ever. She can ennunciate so that listeners actually can understand the lyrics. And that voice. Magnificent!

[@mamadibi]

Remember this voice = it will live on for eternity. RIP Jessie Norman September 30, 2019.

[@artsylovelylady]

This is a huge loss for opera. We will of course remember you, Jessye Norman! RIP

[@user-dg7gn4qk1y]

what a truly great American treasure and perhaps not celebrated enough

[@dancaes813]

I heard her several times at Carnegie Hall. What a treasure! Another great one leaves us....so sad.

[@Nancy-tr5fi]

What a face, even more when you sing this. I have goose bumps. Thank you for this you go deep.

[@RoZita870]

That's some outfit...but she looks queenly and gorgeous in it. Not many could pull it off. And what a voice!

[@bckm54]

+RoZita Bartok Grace Jones or Cher could wear that outfit. Couldn't sing like Jessye, but they could certainly wear the outfit... :)

[@MarkMastrocinque]

She is a Queen.

[@RoZita870]

No argument there.

[@paradiskari]

RoZita Bartok She is stunning! But I’ve heard she’s a diva and not many like to work with her

[@CapetownCarework]

she's the part

[@damian.r.]

This piece is the ultimate power of music! Nothing exists beyond it! Nothing!

[@leerhode1021]

I’m loving your effusive praise of her.

[@irenemak1302]

Jessey Norman one of the greatest voices of the opera, this performance is exquisite. Unforgettable.

[@declanwalsh1682]

My son is called Jesse. This performance crystallised the decision to name him. So special and indelible.

[@helenamcginty4920]

She reminds me of those beautiful Benin Bronzes slowly being returned to their rightful home in Nigeria. So beautiful. So poised. And her voice!

[@michaelstrelosmith]

A presence so strong and intense yet ethereal at the same time.

[@apricotcookie4850]

Oh, well said. She was of this earth and at the same time a creature of pure spirit.

[@KofiCandela]

Remembered you will be. Rest in Glory, your majesty.

[@SnuggeP]

She is a goddess.... This piece really touch me...

[@alexlecheyne9095]

Perfection....Mrs Norman made me cry over and over

[@hyweldda56]

Absolutely wonderful. What a voice! Moved to tears