Sissel Kyrkjebø
Operatic pop, Musical Artist
1969 –
Who is Sissel Kyrkjebø?
Sissel Kyrkjebø, also simply known as Sissel, is a Norwegian soprano.
Sissel is considered one of the world's top crossover sopranos. Sissel's musical style runs the gamut from pop recordings and folk songs, to classical vocals and operatic arias. She possesses a "crystalline" voice and wide vocal range, sweeping down from mezzo-soprano notes, in arias such as Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix from Saint-Saëns's opera Samson et Dalila, to the F natural above soprano C. She sings mainly in English and Norwegian, and has also sung songs in Swedish, Danish, Irish, Italian, French, Russian, Icelandic, Faroese, German, Neapolitan, Māori, Japanese, and Latin.
She is well known for singing the Olympic Hymn at the opening and closing ceremonies of the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway; for duets with Plácido Domingo, Charles Aznavour, José Carreras, Neil Sedaka, Warren G, Brian May, Bryn Terfel, Josh Groban, Diana Krall, Russell Watson and The Chieftains; and her participation on the Titanic film soundtrack.
Sissel received her first U.S. Grammy nominations on 6 December 2007 for a collaboration with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
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- Born
- Jun 24, 1969
Bergen - Also known as
- Sissel Kyrkjebo
- Sissel Kyrkjeboe
- Sissel
- Sissel Kyrkjebö
- Kyrkjebø, Sissel
- Spouses
- Eddie Skoller
(1993/08/21 - 2004)
- Eddie Skoller
- Children
- Ethnicity
- Norwegians
- Nationality
- Norway
- Profession
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on July 23, 2013
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