In Conversation With... Jessye Norman

TIFF is delighted to partner with the Glenn Gould Foundation to honour five-time Grammy winner, opera superstar, humanitarian, and civil rights activist Jessye Norman as the 12th recipient of the Glenn Gould Prize. This in-depth conversation, hosted by Canadian Opera Company General Director Alexander Neef, will focus on her tremendous career in opera, her collaborations with such filmmakers and performers as Julie Taymor, Albert Maysles, Placido Domingo, Robert Wilson, Elton John, and Bruce Springsteen, and her observations about such famed cinematic adaptations of operas as Ingmar Bergman’s The Magic Flute and Joseph Losey’s Don Giovanni.

Guest
Alexander Neef
Alexander Neef, appointed General Director of the Canadian Opera Company in June 2008, has worked with some of the most prestigious arts organizations in the world. His career as an artistic administrator has taken him from the Salzburg Festival to the RuhrTriennale in Germany, Opéra national de Paris and New York City Opera, to the Canadian Opera Company. As the Director of Casting for Opéra national de Paris from 2004 to 2008, Neef was one of General Director Gerard Mortier’s closest collaborators and was instrumental in the production of over 80 operas. Originally from Stuttgart, Neef has a master of arts from Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen where he studied Latin Philology and Modern History.

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