KJ asks:
And Jessye Norman? Probably completely wrong, but strikes me that she's got more recorded opera than she's actually performed on stage. A matter of choice?
A matter of making money LOL. There are roles which she could not sing on stage, Carmen for example, but which she can sing on a record made in a recording studio. Singers have done this for years: one-shot recordings of roles that they could not essay on stage.
Brian Dauth Queer Buddhist Resister