La Cieca is always impressed when a veteran artist chooses, instead of resting on her considerable laurels, to expand upon her knowledge of the art of song. This is especially true when a true diva chooses to study at the knee of another diva, even though the latter diva is younger in years than the former.

And so it is with pleasure bordering on glee that your doyenne presents the once and future Jessye Norman displaying the ripe fruits of her coaching with Renée Fleming.  

Climb Ev’ry Mountain