Jessye Norman

Jessye Norman is not only one of the world's most admired and beloved opera stars--she is an American icon whose life story is as inspiring as the fictional plot triumphs she sang onstage. Born and raised in Augusta, Georgia, a descendant of many generations of hardworking slave and free ancestors, she grew up amid the challenges of Jim Crow racism, with the civil rights movement just beginning to awaken. Nurtured by a close family and tight-knit...

DVD is a film of the making of the recording of Bizet's Carmen featuring performances of the "Habanera", "Seguidilla" and "Couplets du Toréador". Filmed in Radio France Studios in 1988.