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This week New York Festival of Song honors the great Jessye Norman and her legacy with a series of remembrances from those she inspired. Today’s tribute comes from baritone Justin Austin. Growing up, Jessye Norman was the “Ariadne lady.” I knew her from the famous...
This week New York Festival of Song honors the great Jessye Norman and her legacy with a series of remembrances from those she inspired. Today’s tribute comes from baritone James Martin. The first time I heard Jessye Norman sing was in Opera History class. We were...
This week New York Festival of Song honors the great Jessye Norman and her legacy with a series of remembrances from those she inspired. Today's tribute comes from mezzo-soprano Lucia Bradford. In high school at Fiorello H. LaGuardia, it was “Take your daughter to...
Ms. Norman, speaking at NFYOS's 2014 gala honoring Leonard Bernstein. This week New York Festival of Song honors the great Jessye Norman and her legacy with a series of remembrances from those she inspired. We begin with a tribute from soprano Julia Bullock. Ms....
Baritone Justin Austin answers our questions on his transition from boy soprano to baritone, having opera singer parents, and what's so special about 'song.' Hear Justin sing some of those special songs with NYFOS in Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do: Songs of Gay...
Soprano Sari Gruber answers our questions on her path to music and long history with NYFOS, as we anticipate her return to NYFOS this November in Blitzstein's No For An Answer and Weill's Der Silbersee. If my research is correct, you’ve been singing with NYFOS for...