Jessye Norman, sv\u011btov\u011b proslul\u00e1 sopranistka, se narodila do segregovan\u00e9 spole\u010dnosti v Georgii. Navzdory v\u00fdzv\u00e1m sv\u00e9ho d\u011btstv\u00ed se v\u011bnovala sv\u00e9 v\u00e1\u0161ni pro hudbu a nav\u0161t\u011bvovala Howardovu univerzitu s pln\u00fdm stipendiem. Pozd\u011bji studovala na Michigansk\u00e9 univerzit\u011b v Ann Arbor a na Peabodyho konzervato\u0159i.<\/p>\n\n
Norman debutovala v roce 1969 v Berl\u00edn\u011b a uchv\u00e1tila publikum sv\u00fdm mimo\u0159\u00e1dn\u00fdm hlasov\u00fdm rozsahem a v\u0161estrannost\u00ed. Rychle se stala vych\u00e1zej\u00edc\u00ed hv\u011bzdou a vystupovala ve v\u00fdznamn\u00fdch opern\u00edch domech po cel\u00e9m sv\u011bt\u011b, v\u010detn\u011b mil\u00e1nsk\u00e9 La Scaly a lond\u00fdnsk\u00e9 Royal Opera House. V roce 1983 debutovala v Metropolitn\u00ed ope\u0159e jako Cassandra v Berliozov\u00fdch Tr\u00f3janech.<\/p>\n\n
B\u011bhem sv\u00e9 kari\u00e9ry byla Norman hlasitou zast\u00e1nkyn\u00ed rozmanitosti a inkluze v um\u011bn\u00ed. Sv\u00e9 \u00fasp\u011bchy p\u0159ipisovala afroamerick\u00fdm p\u0159edch\u016fdkyn\u00edm, jako byly Marian Anderson a Dorothy Maynor. Norman se tak\u00e9 v\u011bnovala projekt\u016fm spole\u010densk\u00e9ho zapojen\u00ed, jako byla \u0160kola um\u011bn\u00ed Jessye Normanov\u00e9, bezplatn\u00fd mimo\u0161koln\u00ed program v\u00fdtvarn\u00fdch um\u011bn\u00ed v jej\u00edm rodn\u00e9m m\u011bst\u011b.<\/p>\n\n
Norman\u016fv hlas byl kritikem Edwardem Rothsteinem pops\u00e1n jako “velkolep\u00fd pal\u00e1c zvuku”. M\u011bla mimo\u0159\u00e1dn\u00fd rozsah a strhuj\u00edc\u00ed p\u0159\u00edtomnost, kter\u00e1 zaplnila ka\u017ed\u00fd prostor, ve kter\u00e9m vystupovala. Jej\u00ed um\u011bn\u00ed j\u00ed vyneslo \u010detn\u00e1 ocen\u011bn\u00ed, v\u010detn\u011b p\u011bti cen Grammy, N\u00e1rodn\u00ed medaile za um\u011bn\u00ed a Kennedyho centra.<\/p>\n\n
Normanova vok\u00e1ln\u00ed v\u0161estrannost j\u00ed umo\u017enila vyniknout v \u0161irok\u00e9 \u0161k\u00e1le rol\u00ed, od klasick\u00e9 opery po jazz a spiritu\u00e1ly. Byla obzvl\u00e1\u0161t\u011b proslul\u00e1 sv\u00fdmi interpretacemi Aidy, Carmen a Isoldy v Tristan a Isolda. Jej\u00ed odkaz i nad\u00e1le inspiruje mlad\u00e9 hudebn\u00edky a milovn\u00edky opery po cel\u00e9m sv\u011bt\u011b.<\/p>\n\n
Jako afroamerick\u00e1 sopranistka \u010delila Norman b\u011bhem sv\u00e9 kari\u00e9ry v\u00fdzv\u00e1m a p\u0159ek\u00e1\u017ek\u00e1m. Z\u016fstala v\u0161ak neochv\u011bjn\u00e1 ve sv\u00e9 v\u00ed\u0159e, \u017ee rasov\u00e9 bari\u00e9ry v um\u011bn\u00ed mus\u00ed b\u00fdt zbo\u0159eny. Svou platformu vyu\u017eila k podpo\u0159e rozmanitosti a vytv\u00e1\u0159en\u00ed p\u0159\u00edle\u017eitost\u00ed pro nedostate\u010dn\u011b zastoupen\u00e9 hlasy.<\/p>\n\n
Mimo svou hudebn\u00ed kari\u00e9ru byla Norman soukromou osobou, kter\u00e1 si v\u00e1\u017eila sv\u00e9 rodiny a p\u0159\u00e1tel. Byla zn\u00e1m\u00e1 sv\u00fdm teplem, inteligenc\u00ed a neot\u0159esiteln\u00fdm duchem. Jej\u00ed p\u0159\u00e1telstv\u00ed s publicistou Jonathanem Capehartem zd\u016fraz\u0148ovalo jej\u00ed up\u0159\u00edmn\u00e9 spojen\u00ed s lidmi ze v\u0161ech oblast\u00ed \u017eivota.<\/p>\n\n
Norman pokra\u010dovala ve vystupov\u00e1n\u00ed a obhajob\u011b um\u011bn\u00ed a\u017e do sv\u00e9 p\u0159ed\u010dasn\u00e9 smrti v roce 2022 ve v\u011bku 74 let. P\u0159\u00ed\u010dinou jej\u00ed smrti byl septick\u00fd \u0161ok a selh\u00e1n\u00ed v\u00edce org\u00e1n\u016f po poran\u011bn\u00ed m\u00edchy v roce 2015. Navzdory v\u00fdzv\u00e1m, kter\u00fdm \u010delila, Norman\u016fv odkaz jako pr\u016fkopnick\u00e9 sopranistky a obh\u00e1jkyn\u011b rozmanitosti \u017eije d\u00e1l.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Jessye Norman: Pr\u016fkopnick\u00e1 sopranistka, kter\u00e1 p\u0159ijala rozmanitost a p\u011bveckou dokonalost Ran\u00fd \u017eivot a vzd\u011bl\u00e1n\u00ed Jessye Norman, sv\u011btov\u011b proslul\u00e1 sopranistka, se narodila do segregovan\u00e9 spole\u010dnosti v Georgii. Navzdory v\u00fdzv\u00e1m sv\u00e9ho d\u011btstv\u00ed…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[327],"tags":[21926,6504,5964,21927,21928,21929,21930],"class_list":["post-16566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","tag-african-american-soprano","tag-classical-music","tag-opera","tag-diversity-in-the-arts","tag-social-engagement","tag-trailblazing-artist","tag-vocal-excellence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16566"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16566\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16567,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16566\/revisions\/16567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}