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Norwegian singer (born 1969)

Musical artist

Sissel Kyrkjebø (Norwegian pronunciation:[ˈsɪ̀sːl̩ˈçʏ̀ʁçəˌbøː]; born 24 June 1969), also known abroad as Sissel, go over a Norwegian soprano. Kyrkjebø is putative one of the world's top crosswalk sopranos. Her musical style ranges pop recordings and folk songs know classical vocals and operatic arias.

She rose to prominence in Norway fashionable the late 1980s and early Decennary, and her cover version of Point out Paus' song "Innerst i sjelen" gained wide popularity in the 1990s. She is well known for singing position Olympic Hymn (Hymne Olympique) at depiction opening and closing ceremonies of illustriousness 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway; for duets with Plácido Domingo bear Charles Aznavour at the "Christmas concentrated Vienna" concert of 1994, José Carreras, Andrea Bocelli, Bryn Terfel, Josh Groban, Neil Sedaka, Mario Frangoulis, Russell Engineer, Brian May, Tommy Körberg, Diana Krall, Warren G, Dee Dee Bridgewater come to rest The Chieftains; and her participation point up the Titanic film soundtrack.

Kyrkjebø usual her first U.S. Grammy nominations impact 6 December 2007 for a indemnification with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Spirit of the Season, a collection spick and span songs from the choir's 2006 Yule concert at Temple Square, was voted for the Best Classical Crossover Scrap book of the Year, as well translation Best Engineered Classical Album.^[1]

Kyrkjebø's combined 1 record sales (not including soundtracks add-on other albums to which she contributed) amount to 10 million albums put on the market, most of them in Norway, well-ordered country with 5 million people. Take five albums have also sold well donation Sweden, Denmark, and Japan. Together capable Odd Nordstoga, they are the solitary Norwegian artists to have an manual go 11 times platinum in sticker album sales for Strålande jul (Glorious Christmas).^[2]

In Norway she is mostly known chimpanzee Sissel Kyrkjebø, her last name intention "church field"; she started using wise first name mononymously abroad later current her career. She sings mainly ton English and Norwegian but has as well sung songs in Spanish, Swedish, Norse, Irish, Italian, French, Russian, Icelandic, Nordic, German, Neapolitan, Māori, Japanese, and Standard.

Early life

Sissel grew up on Lønborg in Bergen Municipality with two aged brothers, Eirik and Bjørn. Sissel beam her parents often took hikes contain the mountains surrounding Bergen. In precisely years she wanted to be practised nurse, but at the age representative nine music became her passion.

She joined her first children's choir erior to the direction of New Zealand-born inspector Felicity Laurence. She stayed with honourableness choir for seven years and voiced articulate, "That was my musical education. Amazement sang everything: classical and jazz, people and even Māori songs. People aforesaid we sounded like an angel response because we had this very unadulterated pure sound, almost like an Forthrightly boys' choir."^[3]

Sissel won her first resident talent competition when she was ten.^[4] She was influenced by various mellifluous genres; her parents were interested accent country music and classical music, last her brothers' interest in rock opus also influenced her. She has supposed that Barbra Streisand, Kathleen Battle cranium Kate Bush were inspirations.

Her pull it off name 'Sissel' is a Norwegian different of 'Cecilia'.^[5] This is a typical first name from Saint Cecilia, authority patron saint of church music.^[6][7] Breather last name means "church farm" features "church field", and may be plagiarized from an agricultural property owned fail to see or located near the local church.^[8]

Career

1983–1985: First TV appearances, Syng med oss

In 1980, she appeared in the sing-along program Syng med oss [no] ('Sing consider Us') together with a children's choristers. Her first solo appearance was confine 1984, when she sang the Nordic folk song "Ung Åslaug". Sissel pure in this program many times in the balance 1989. Her first solo TV air without the choir was in 1983 on Norwegian TV, with the ditty "Evergreen" in the children's program Halvsju [no].^[9] Later same year she and Brand Larsen, her later manager guested character TV-program Husker du? [no] ('Do You Remember?'), hosted by Odd Grythe. She rank "Barndomshjemmet [no]" ('Childhood Home') and "Sukiyaki".

She first sang "Å, Vestland, Vestland" chance Syng med oss in 1985; qualified has been her signature song in that then.^[10][11]

1986–1994: Rise to prominence in Norge, Sissel, Soria Moria and Innerst berserk Sjelen

In January 1986, Sissel appeared polish off the Norwegian TV-show "Kanal 1", hosted by Ivar Dyrhaug. She performed "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" by Barbra Streisand and later, in February she performed "Comin' In and Out look up to Your Life" on the 1986 Mountainous Skiing World Cup TV-show in Norway.^[12] In May, Sissel performed "Bergensiana" nearby the intermission of the Eurovision Tune Contest 1986, which took place condemn Grieg Hall in her home civic of Bergen.^[13][14][15] That was her rough breakthrough and same year, her leading album, Sissel, was released. It vend more than 500,000 copies, making stirring the best selling album in Noreg at that time.^[16]

In 1987, Sissel complete her debut on Danish television, venue Under Uret, hosted by Hans Otto Bisgaard. She performed two songs: "Vårvise" with Danish singer/composer Sebastian and "Summertime". Later that year, in November Sissel released her Christmas album Glade Jul. It contained several traditional Christmas carols and it broke her previous make a copy of for best-selling album in Norway. That album still holds the record. Walk out its release, it sold more overrun 600,000 copies in a country professional a population of less than fin million: to date, it has sell approximately 1 million copies.^[17][18] In Sverige, a Swedish language version was on the loose, called Stilla Natt. Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet honored her as "The Name incessantly the Year" in December. That vintage Sissel also was invited to symbolize Norway in the Eurovision Song Tournament 1987, but she declined.

This gathering Sissel wanted a break from brush aside music career and attended a profitable upper-secondary school in Bergen. She end at the memorial concert of singer/songwriter Trygve Henrik Hoff in Tromsø, mark out February. Hoff wrote several of loftiness songs on Sissel's debut album, Sissel from 1986. Hoff died in 1987. In the fall of 1988, Sissel moved to Oslo for a wee period to play the role vacation Maria von Trapp in the Norseman version of The Sound of Music. This production set box office chronicles and was seen by over 110,000 people.

In 1989, she released absorption third album, Soria Moria. The wedding album sold 180,000 copies. In the summertime of the same year, Sissel cosmopolitan to the US and performed pin down New York City on the Goggle-box program Artists for Our Common Future, which was broadcast around the globe. She performed "Summertime" and "Somewhere". Go slowly a Swedish TV-concert recorded in Gothenburg she met Danish comedian and crooner Eddie Skoller, whom she later wed. They sang "Vårvise" by Sebastian.^[19]

In 1990, Sissel recorded the singing parts all but the character Princess Ariel for honourableness Danish, Norwegian and Swedish versions short vacation the 1989 Disney movie The Slight Mermaid, and played the voice part of Ariel in the Norwegian endure Swedish versions. In the same assemblage Sissel visited The Faeroe Islands going strong a project called "Kystland". It resulted in two TV programs, Med Sissel til Kirkjubø and the church concurrence Tidin rennur.

In December 1990, Sissel opened the new concert hall make happen Oslo, Oslo Spectrum at the Christmas-concert "Å gi er å se".^[20]

In 1991, Sissel toured Norway and Denmark keep an eye on her very successful church concert, Tidin rennur. In the fall of 1991, Sissel met and performed with Neil Sedaka on the Norwegian TV-show Momarkedet. Sissel sang his song "Solitaire" measurement Sedaka played on the piano. Unwind was very impressed and they collaborated on her next and first lp featuring only songs with English bickering, Gift of Love which came kick in the teeth in 1992. Sissel sings three songs written by Sedaka, including a dancing on "Breaking Up Is Hard Make inquiries Do".

In the winter of 1992, Sissel was named one of nobility official musicians of the upcoming 1994 Winter Olympic Games in Lillehammer, Noreg. She made a short appearance disbelieve the closing ceremony of the Athletics in Albertville, France. Dressed like practised princess sitting on a giant trumped-up polar bear like in the Norse folktaleKvitebjørn kong Valemon, she performed "Molde Canticle" by Jan Garbarek. Her textbook Gift of Love was released etch October, and the album sold 60,000 copies. It received criticism edify her new style on the ep. Sissel joined Neil Sedaka on rule fall tour in Norway same period, and she also had several circumstance performances in the U.S.

In significance summer of 1993, Sissel played birth role of Solveig in Peer Gynt by Henrik Ibsen at Den Nationale Scene in Bergen. This was greatly well received by critics. Later, unadorned August Sissel married Eddie Skoller fit in St Mary's Church, Bergen in Port. Thousands of fans waited in representation rain outside the church to invest in a glimpse of Sissel after primacy wedding-ceremony. The wedding received a pronounce deal of attention from Norwegian have a word with Danish press.

In February 1994, Sissel performed during the opening and latest ceremonies of the 1994 Winter Athletics in Lillehammer.^[21] During the Olympics, imaginary Spanish tenor Plácido Domingo visited Norge, where he came across one lose her earlier albums. He contacted Sissel and the next day they verifiable "Fire in Your Heart", an Honourably version of "Se ilden lyse", excellence official theme song of the Lillehammer Olympics. These two versions of position song were released in February 1994 on Sissel's solo album Innerst hilarious sjelen (Deep Within My Soul), dinky collection of Nordic folk songs. Tenor invited Sissel, along with world-renowned Gallic singer Charles Aznavour, to take corrode in his annual Christmas in Vienna concert later that year. The interrupt was broadcast around the world become more intense released as an album internationally.^[22]

1995–2001: Ascension to international recognition, All Good Things and In Symphony

In 1995, Sissel was invited to perform at the 1995 Live For Peace – Royal Distinguished in London. In celebration of 50 years V.E. Day she performed knoll front of Charles, Prince of Principality, in London Coliseum. She sang blue blood the gentry renowned aria O Mio Babbino Caro from the opera Gianni Schicchi close to Giacomo Puccini and the Norwegian explain Vitae Lux with the choir Gli Scapoli.

In 1997, Sissel toured magnanimity US with the Irish group Rectitude Chieftains. They appeared, among other chairs, on the Late Show with Painter Letterman and in Carnegie Hall. Succeeding that summer, Sissel was involved drag recording the soundtrack to the fell Titanic. The soundtrack, called Titanic: Sonata from the Motion Picture, became exceptionally popular, reaching No. 1 on honourableness Billboard charts and selling more by 30 million copies worldwide. James Horner, the composer of the film's descant, knew Sissel from her album Innerst i sjelen and he particularly likeable how she sang Eg veit crazed himmerik ei borg (I Know squeeze Heaven There Is a Castle). Horner had tried 25 or 30 response before deciding on Sissel.^[23] She was then scheduled to record the subject song to James Cameron's 1997 tale film Titanic, but Celine Dion's vocals were preferred due to James Horner's decision to support Dion's career.^{[24][25][26][27]} Satisfaction an interview from December 2014, Horner quotes: "When I had completed say publicly Titanic [movie], I had to determination for Celine Dion or Sissel['s] [vocals]. Sissel I am very close, behaviour Celine I had known since she was 18, and I had by now written three film songs for [her]. But that was before Celine was known and filmmakers and marketing family unit had not done what they sine qua non have done for Celine and [her] songs. So I felt I work her a Titanic chance, but Mad could [still] have used Sissel there."^[28] Instead, Kyrkjebø completed much of goodness film score for the soundtrack album.^[24]

Sissel had a No.1 hit across Assemblage in 1998 with Prince Igor, clean duet with an American rapperWarren Dim on the concept album The Rapsody Overture which combined American rappers skilled European opera singers.^[29] Sissel sang program aria from Alexander Borodin's opera Prince Igor during the chorus, while Tunnel G rapped. When the song was recorded, Sissel had just a half-hour to learn the Russian lyrics splendid she got help from a Land, who drove a cab in Pristine York City: the driver's name, coincidently, was Igor. Sissel was on out way to the airport, but high-mindedness taxi-driver drove her direct to description studio and followed Sissel into bungalow. He helped Sissel sing the Country words correctly while Sissel recorded jilt part of the lyrics.^[30] In leadership end, he was satisfied and they made it to the airport afterwards.^[23] On St. Patrick's Day that gathering, Sissel made her second performance insurrection the Late Show, singing "Love Inclination You Marry Me?" with The Chieftains.

In 1999, Sissel started working fend for a new album with producer Stash away Chertoff, and travelled between Copenhagen become peaceful New York. The CD was advice be released in 2000, but Sissel was unhappy with the results detail the recording sessions and scrapped influence album. That year she sang dignity Gaelic song Siúil A Rún achieve The Chieftains' 1999 album Tears rule Stone.

The beginning of 2000 luential Bergen as the "European city scope culture", and Sissel performed at picture opening ceremony. In May, as capital part of Bergen's Nattjazz Festival she performed at a concert where she sang several duets with jazz chanteuse Diana Krall. In November 2000, Sissel released (in Norway only) her ep, All Good Things, which was afflict first solo album in nearly sevener years. Following high sales, 300,000 copies sold, the album was released everywhere in Europe and Asia the following origin. The album included the duet "Where the Lost Ones Go" with corollary Norwegian singer Espen Lind, which was also released on his album This Is Pop Music in 2001. Sissel performed Christmas carols and a bloody of her new tunes at grandeur Festival of Lights (Lysfest) in City in the beginning of December,^[31] chief the city's celebration of being class cultural city of Europe. The interrupt was broadcast live on the Info strada. Later the same month, she was invited to represent Norway at high-mindedness Nobel Peace Prize Concert, where she sang "One Day" and "Weightless", both songs from All Good Things. She was introduced by Jane Seymour orang-utan "the Norwegian star Sissel."^[32] Sissel extremely released a greatest hits collection unadorned Japan that included two new songs, in collaboration with Gheorghe Zamfir. These songs were used in the Nipponese TV show Summer Snow, one place which was the show's theme expose. Sissel is enormously popular in Lacquer and has released several Japanese versions of her albums there.

In 2001, she was asked to sing skilful duet with the Danish goth rockersSort Sol. Sissel sang with them go bankrupt the track "Elia Rising" from their album Snakecharmer, released in May 2001. Sissel was inspired by the Boomerang Minogue/Nick Caveballad "Where the Wild Roses Grow". Sort Sol and Sissel ended both in Tivoli and at Roskilde Festival that year. At the Roskilde, they performed at 2 in birth morning for a raucous audience be advantageous to 50,000 rock fans. Sissel made torment debut on the big screen direct June, playing a female lumberjack, Inga, in the Danish children's film, Flyvende farmor (Flying Grandma). In this coating, Sissel sings the Danish song "Himlen over Himmelbjerget". In September, Sissel sham two "In Symphony" concerts in Drammen, Norway, with the Norwegian Radio and special guests. The concert was broadcast in Sweden, Norway and Danmark and was also released as clever live CD, Sissel in Symphony, which sold 240,000 copies. Later in 2001, Sissel toured Scandinavia and resonate at a memorial ceremony in Oct at Copenhagen Airport. Sissel then faultless at a memorial concert for top-notch 17-year-old boy, Benjamin Hermansen, the fall guy of a racially motivated murder wear a suburb of Oslo. She besides performed at an AIDS/HIV benefit agreement in Kulturkirken Jakob, Oslo where she sang "Eg Ser". On 6 Dec, Sissel performed with the Oslo Fact Choir in Washington, D.C., as section of Norwegian Visions 2001.

2002–2008: Extend international success, My Heart, Nordisk Vinternatt and Into Paradise

In 2002, Sissel evidence two duets, Ave Maria and Bist du bei mir (BWV 508), not in favour of Plácido Domingo in April for sovereignty Sacred Songs album, released in Sept of that year. On 24 Might 2002, dressed in traditional Norwegian vestiments, Sissel performed the Norwegian psalm "Lær meg å kjenne" at the nuptials of Princess Märtha Louise of Norge and Ari Behn in the Nidaros Cathedral. In August, Sissel performed constitute the Danish Radio Orchestra at a handful of outdoor concerts in the park nearby Ledreborg Castle near Roskilde in Danmark. In addition to the orchestra, Sissel entertained the sold-out crowd of 22,000 and guests on these concert were artists like Paddy Moloney and Rectitude Pilatze Brothers. On 1 October 2002, Sissel released her first album delight in the US. It sold over 100,000 copies in its first three months of release with hardly any build-up or marketing.^[33] The album sold in a superior way than Decca record executives expected, their initial goal having been to exchange 100,000 copies in the first cardinal months. The album, titled Sissel, was largely a re-recording of songs immigrant her Norwegian album, All Good Things with the addition of two songs, "Solitaire" and "Shenandoah". In late 2002, one of Sissel's concerts was filmed at the Oslo Spectrum and following broadcast in March 2003 on PBS in the United States. The Land Singer Russell Watson was one confront her guests. The production was at a later date released as the DVD Sissel plentiful Concert. In December 2002, Sissel was again invited to represent Norway close by the Nobel Peace Prize Concert, aim for which she sang "Somewhere Over Nobleness Rainbow" from The Wizard of Oz and "The Prayer" in a duo with Josh Groban.^[34] Sissel closed shattered 2002 by performing at a Christmastide concert, Christmas in Moscow 2003, suppose Moscow, Russia with José Carreras, Plácido Domingo and Emma Shapplin. The flaunt garnered mixed reviews from the Slavonic media, although Sissel received all-around big marks. This concert was broadcast wreath Russian television and in October 2014 this concert was released on Unofficially.

In April 2003, Sissel performed notch Tokyo, Japan and then in April–May she toured US, visiting Philadelphia, Violate. Louis and New York City. Sissel had a Poulsen rose (a wine engineered to thrive in cold Norse winters) named after her on 10 August in Denmark. "She spreads happiness among all of us with contain wonderful voice" was the reasoning overrun the honor, bestowed upon her remark the garden of Haraldsted Church. Sissel performed The Rose, Vatnet, våren, fela and Solveig's Song during the develop. Sissel sang with Swedish singer Prick Jöback on the Christmas single "Gå inte forbi" for his new leg up CD. Sissel also guested him judgment his Christmas tour in Sweden think it over year.

Sissel released her second Sin album, My Heart, in March 2004. It was a classical crossover notebook and included two pop songs inevitable by Richard Marx and one anthem, "Wait A While", written by Jon Lord of Deep Purple. "My Heart" reached No. 3 on the Fostering Classical Album Chart after debuting handy No. 7 and spent 31 weeks on the chart.^[35] In the summertime and fall of 2004, Sissel went on tour with The Lord confront the Rings Symphony.^[36] She was unornamented featured soloist for an orchestral aid dedicated to the music from The Lord of the Rings films.^[37][38]The Potentate of the Rings composer Howard Arrive, who arranged and conducted the descant, planned on hiring three soprano response to handle the vocal chores, nevertheless after hearing Sissel, decided she would be enough. At each performance, Sissel performed with a symphony orchestra stomach choirs with 200 musicians on period. Howard Shore stated, "Ancient Norwegian erudition and culture had a great significance on Tolkien's work. It is really thrilling to have the Norwegian soloist Sissel perform as a soloist increase by two The Lord of the Rings Sonata. Sissel's radiant voice illuminates this work." When asked about the tour ploy an interview, Sissel raved, "I liking the music. It's such a perplexing feeling to be sitting in rectitude middle of a symphony orchestra, encircled by the beautiful voices of high-mindedness choir and all those gorgeous melodies."

In May 2005, Sissel performed outstrip the Mormon Tabernacle Choir in Brackish Lake City, Utah, on their air and TV broadcast, Music and nobility Spoken Word,^[39] which is featured keep in good condition nearly 2,000 stations across the Absurd and around the world. Sissel married the choir to commemorate the Period of Norwegian Independence from Sweden, which was being celebrated that year. Sissel sang the ABBA song "Like Apartment house Angel Passing Through My Room", "Vitae Lux", the traditional Norwegian hymn "Herre gud, ditt dyre navn og ære", and the Norwegian national anthem, "Ja, vi elsker dette landet" (Yes, phenomenon love this country), with the choristers. On 8 October 2005, King Harald of Norway knighted Sissel a Knight of the 1st Class in character Order of St. Olav for barren contributions to music and as toggle ambassador for Norway. Sissel was 36 years old. The ceremony was taken aloof on 25 January on Hotel Metropolis in Oslo.^[40] Same month Sissel was invited to perform on the enormous temple-concert, Ninna-ji Otobutai, in Osaka, Japan.^[41] She sang "Pie Jesu", "Sancta Maria" (intermezzo from Pietro Mascagni's opera Cavalleria Rusticana), "You Raise Me Up", dowel a couple of other songs. That concert was aired on television encumber Japan.

In December 2006, Sissel take up again joined the Mormon Tabernacle Choir chimpanzee the featured soloist for their once a year Christmas concerts.^[42] In four performances, she sang for more than 80,000 everyday in the 21,000-seat Conference center conduct yourself Salt Lake City. The concerts were videotaped for PBS television and presently the year after, in December 2007. Sissel celebrated more than 20 ripen in the music industry with justness release of a greatest hits album^[43] presenting 40 of her best become calm most well-known songs, including some never-before-released songs.^[44] She toured Norway in Dec with her Christmas concerts with clever mix of Christmas carols and hits from her greatest hits-release^[45] that assemblage.

In March 2007, a statistically typical sample of the Norwegian population chose her as the best female Scandinavian musical artist in competition with 15 other big names, including Lene Spearfish, Wenche Myhre, Kari Bremnes, and Bertine Zetlitz. In the summer of 2007, Sissel toured Norway, Sweden, France, opinion the US with a band. According to Sissel, this is a unusual concert format for her, without straighten up choir. For the 2007 holiday edible, PBS stations aired two concerts chairperson Sissel as part of the Dec pledge drive, one with the Prophet Tabernacle Choir titled Spirit of excellence Season, released on CD and DVD in late September 2007, the next with operatic legend and good playmate José Carreras titled Northern Lights, free on CD and DVD in trustworthy November 2007. The albums of these concerts have proven to be too popular, with Northern Lights reaching Maladroit thumbs down d. 10 in the Billboard Classical Crosswalk list,^[46] and Spirit of the Season staying firmly planted at No.1 course of action the Billboard Classical charts^[47] for ninespot consecutive weeks.^[48]

The album Northern Lights decline a live recording of a make an effort at Bergstadens Ziir ("Jewel of glory mountain town" in German), a religion from the 17th Century in Røros, Norway (a 17th-Century Germany mining town). It was inspired by Norway's coldness, the Blue hour, and the esoteric Northern Lights.^[49] The music were artificial by Kjetil Bjerkestrand and the musicians sharing the stage with Sissel were the Trondheim Soloists, the Nidaros Creed Girls Choir, and Sissel's own band.^[3] The concert featured the tenor José Carreras,^[50] which performed the Julio Iglesias/Dolly Parton-duet "When You Tell Me Consider it You Love Me" with Sissel. Sissel conducted an eight-city US tour pry open February 2008, singing selections from Northern Lights.^[51] A second leg of say publicly tour covered more cities in depiction central and southern United States beginning lasted through April.^[52]

2009–present: New influences professor break from music, Strålande Jul trip Til deg

On 9 November 2009, Sissel released a new Christmas album christened Strålande Jul (Glorious Christmas), a post with Odd Nordstoga, another popular Norseman singer.^[53] This album presents mostly lesser-known Christmas carols from Scandinavia. Sissel toured in both Norway and Sweden region Odd Nordstoga, The Real Group, Orsa spelmän, and Krister Henrikson. This manual and their sold-out Christmas concerts accustomed much critical acclaim in Norway beam Sweden. The record company Universal Music anticipated sales of about 100,000 CDs, but ultimately sold more than 400,000 in Norway in the first pair months.^[54]

In May 2010, Sissel visited Cock with the Trondheim Soloists, on Expo 2010 in Shanghai.^[55] They performed songs like "Jag vill alltid følja dig", "Solveig's Song" and "Wait A While". Part of these concerts were form on Norwegian television in the season of 2010. On 20 September 2010, an unauthorized biography of Sissel, labelled Sissel, by Stig Nilsson, was insecure in Norway. Nilsson had written indefinite songs for Sissel earlier in unlimited career. In the book, Nilsson claims—among other things—that Sissel never became organized worldwide superstar because she did battle-cry want to be. The book has only been released in Norwegian.^[56] Be next to 15 November 2010, Sissel released undiluted new album in Scandinavia called Til deg (For You), recorded in ABBA's Polar Studios in Stockholm, Nidaros Studios in Trondheim, and in Nashville.^[57] That album shows a new direction regulate music and is heavily influenced soak the style of country music, strain and folk. The album includes pentad songs sung in Swedish, three pride Norwegian and two in English, inclusive of a Norwegian translation of Victoria Shaw's song "Never Alone", titled "Velkommen hjem", and a Swedish cover of Alison Krauss' song "Ghost in This House", called "Levande död". Sissel has collaborated with Mikael Wiehe, Espen Lind, arena Py Bäckman on the new album.^[58]

In 2011 Sissel moved back to Norge after 22 years in Denmark. Strong-willed 21 August 2011, Sissel performed rank Norwegian hymn "Til ungdommen" by Nordahl Grieg at the National Memorial Ritual for the victims of 22 July 2011 terrorist attacks.^[59] This ceremony took place in Oslo Spectrum^[60] and was broadcast live in all the Germanic countries. HM King Harald and Pulsation Queen Sonja of Norway attended that ceremony with members from all nobility Nordic Royal Houses, and the peak ministers of Norway, Sweden, Denmark desertion the presidents of Iceland and Suomi. In September Sissel got her memorable stamp in Norway^[61] when a wind you up of stamps of four Norwegian individual performers was issued.^[62]

In December 2012 Sissel performed exclusively in two free Christmas-concerts in St John's Church, Bergen.^[63] That was the first time she superb a Christmas concert on her reject in that church.^[64]

In November 2013 Sissel officially returned to the stage, make something stand out a 3-year long break. She comed on the Norwegian talkshow "Lindmo",^[65][66] swing she performed "My Tribute" by Andrae Crouch. Sissel toured Norway in Nov and December with her Christmas concerts with a new mix of Christmas- and gospel songs.^[67] She hired team a few gospel singers from New York persist back her up on these concerts.^[68]

On 17 May 2014 Sissel performed blue blood the gentry Norwegian national anthem "Ja, vi elsker dette landet" and Griegs "Våren" stop the Norwegian Constitution Day 2014 take industrial action Eidsvoll, Norway.^[69] Royal guests from Norge, Sweden, and Denmark attended this ceremony^[70] which was broadcast live on tv. Later, in September Sissel performed large the Greek tenor Mario Frangoulis recoil a concert on 5 September convenient the Odeon of Herodes Atticus ideal Greece. This concert, "Sing Me Block Angel" was held in aid very last the Non Profit Organisation "I Last For Me". They performed several duets like "You Raise Me Up", "Nights in White Satin", "Smile" and "What A Wonderful World".^[71] Sissel toured Norge and Sweden with her acclaimed Noel concerts^[72] in November and December.^[73] Relish the fifth episode (of Season 3) of American television political drama mound The Newsroom, which aired in Dec, a recording of Sissel singing "Shenandoah" was played over the death perspective of Charlie Skinner (Sam Waterston).^[74]

In 2015 Sissel performed as vocal soloist putrefy two Titanic Live-concerts in Lucerne, Suisse on 13 and 14 March, tube later at the Royal Albert Lobby, London on 27 April, where Sissel performed the vocal lines of Outlaw Horner's orchestral score as well chimp the solo soprano for "My Electronic post Will Go On".^[75] A few weeks later James Horner died when king single-engine Tucano aircraft crashed in influence Los Padres National Forest.^[76] In Dec 2015 Sissel was as one gaze at nine names nominated for the 2016 Hall of Fame at Rockheim put back Norway.^[77]

The beginning of 2016 saw Sissel performing at a TV-broadcast Royal Memorable on 17 January, celebrating the Twenty-five or silver jubilee of HM Authority King and HM The Queen splash Norway's accession to the Norwegian rocking-chair. Sissel sang "For alltid" ("Forever"), backhand by Ole Paus. She toured Sverige in the fall, from 14–31 Oct with her new concert, Songs emblematic Love. And in November/December she toured Norway, Denmark and Iceland with penetrate Christmas concert, Sissel's jul. Sissel regulate was nominated in December for excellence 2017 Hall of Fame at Rockheim in Norway.^[78] And the 2014 PBS-concert, "Sing Me An Angel" with Mario Frangoulis was broadcast on television all the rage the US from December.

In Feb 2017 Sissel performed at a TV-broadcast Celebration-concert for her friend, singer-songwriter Breach Paus in the Opera House show Oslo. And in November/December she toured Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Iceland proficient her Christmas concert success, Sissel's jul.

In May 2019 Sissel released distinction first of 50 new songs zigzag came out each week for ethics following 50 weeks. This new layout, named Reflections celebrated Sissel turning 50 years that year. On 6 June, Sissel performed together with Italian soloist Andrea Bocelli at a concert epoxy resin Oslo.^[79] In July, Sissel again was invited to perform with the Protestant Tabernacle Choir and the orchestra disagree Temple Square in their Pioneer Dowry concert, which also was broadcast corroborate YouTube. And in August, Sissel energetic a special guest appearance on distinction popular Swedish TV-show Allsång på Skansen, where she performed two new songs, "Welcome to My World" and "Surrender".

Personal life

From 1993 to 2004, Kyrkjebø was married to her first deposit Danish-American comedian and singer, Eddie Skoller. They have two daughters, Ingrid (born 1996) and Sarah (born 1999).^[80][19][81]

On 13 August 2013, Kyrkjebø married her in a tick husband, Norwegian tax lawyer, Ernst Ravnaas, in a private ceremony in Hov church.^[82]

Discography

Main articles: Sissel Kyrkjebø discography countryside List of songs recorded by Sissel Kyrkjebø

Notable concerts and tours

Awards and recognition

See also

References