Jessye Norman
(c) James E. Alexander
American opera singer and recitalist Jessye Norman has been chosen as the Twelfth Glenn Gould Prize Laureate. The Jury honours her ‘thoughtful music -making, innovative programming of the classics, and fervent advocacy of contemporary music. » The award is worth CAD 100,000 or € 64.200, less in any case as the fee she received in 1995, when she gave a recital in Luxembourg (LUF 6.000.000 LUF or € 148.000).
