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Jessye Norman and Susan Platts
For both Jessye Norman and her Rolex protégée Susan Platts, singing is an exploration of the words: what they meant to the composer setting them to music, what the fusion of literature and music has manifested and whether the opera stage is the ideal place to sing them. Jessye Norman’s interpretative compass is based almost entirely on projecting the meaning of the words. Toronto-based mezzo-soprano Platts arrived at their working relationship with an inborn ability to communicate with the audience like a storyteller. As soon as they were introduced, the two singers were able to get straight down to business.