Soprano Jessye Norman left a number of recordings in the vault at the time of her death. Now some of them have been released for the first time. Decca Archives hide caption
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Opera singers (left to right) Elīna Garanča, Helen Donath and Tamar Iveri perform in Mozart's opera Così fan tutte at the Salzburg Opera Festival. Andreas Schaad/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
It's been one year since the death of the great soprano Jessye Norman, photographed here in 2006 in Germany. Sean Gallup/Getty Images hide caption
The Día de los Muertos altar in the Alt.Latino World Headquarters in Washington, D.C. Felix Contreras/NPR hide caption
Jessye Norman performs in 1991 at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. Frans Schellekens/Redferns hide caption
Soprano Jessye Norman leaves the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York on Thursday after taping the Late Show with David Letterman. Ray Tamarra/WireImage hide caption
Jessye Norman performs late on June 6, 2008 during the 14th Sacred World Music Festival. Abdelhak Senna/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
In a conversation aired on WBGO, Jessye Norman credits the study of jazz with her understanding of song interpretation. Carol Friedman/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
A sampling of one listener's cherished classical Christmas albums from a few years back. Mito Habe-Evans/NPR hide caption
What happens when musicians slow the music way down? iStockphoto.com hide caption
Why are your musical tastes a reflection of you? iStockphoto.com hide caption
Soprano Veronique Gens and tenor Joseph Kaiser star in a production of Gluck's Alceste at the 2010 Aix-en-Provence Festival. Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
The changing of the season can trigger a change in musical appetite. iStock hide caption
Soprano Jessye Norman turns 65 today. Carol Friedman hide caption
Soprano Jessye Norman's new CD, Roots: My Life, My Song was recorded in front of a live audience in Berlin. It features her take on jazz and gospel standards. hide caption
Soprano Jessye Norman. Carol Friedman hide caption
Ted Libbey And Fred Child Recommend Richard Strauss' 'Four Last Songs'
Richard Wagner was a larger than life figure, and his innovations as a composer changed Western music forever. Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption