Many critics have compared her to Lotte Lehmann. Norman currently lives at a secluded and private estate in Croton-on-Hudson, New York. In the 1990a, she featured at Tchaikovsky’s 150th Birthday Gala and debuted at the Lyric Opera House of Chicago. She appeared and performed at the second inauguration of President Bill Clinton in 1997. In 2003, a tuition-free arts school, known as the Jessye Norman School of Arts, was opened in Augusta, Georgia. She recently published her first memoir, Stand Up Straight and Sing!, on May 4, 2014 via Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. She has played over 37 major opera roles and has performed over forty oratorio and orchestral parts throughout her career. She has over 36 honors and awards to her name.