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| This page uses frames, but your browser doesn't support them.Welcome to Sissel Online!Online is committed to provide our customers with superior services and products that meet real needs and provide lasting value.According to Sissel's new record label, Denon, Sissel already has another PBS special scheduled for December 2008.Denon also reports: "Her PBS pledge drive special 'SISSEL, NORTHERN LIGHTS' was an unqualified hit for stations nationwide breaking audience response records in major cities such as Chicago, Boston and Hartford."Sissel which you can also see on their website.There is an excellent article in today's Deseret Morning News in Salt Lake City called "A very Sissel Christmas."Coincidentally, for years I've made compilation CDs every XMAS (before Sissel Christmas albums were available for sale in America) and given them to my friends and also used the title "A Very Sissel Christmas."Billboard Classical chart for the sixth week in a row.Previously, it wasn't planned for release there this year, but so many Norwegians demanded the album featuring their beloved Sissel that Universal Norway relented and officially released it there on 10.This is Sissel's highest solo chart position ever in the USA.Buy more copies of "Northern Lights" as Christmas presents and let's watch it go higher!"Spirit of the Season" featuring Sissel and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir has been nominated for 2 GRAMMY Awards: "Best Classical Crossover Album" and "Best Engineered Album, Classical."Whatever the outcome, the nomination alone attests to the enormous appeal of this latest offering in a long tradition of beloved and memorable Christmas recordings."Billboard Classical Music Chart.Everyone please buy Sissel's "Northern Lights" so it will go higher on the charts!Swedish State Television (SVT) 1) Dec 25, 16:30 2) Dec 31, 14:30 3) Jan 4 (Ck.Sissel performed "When Will My Heart Arise" from her new album "Northern Lights" on the "Good Things Utah" TV program.After there is an interview with Sissel.The CD of the live Christmas concert featuring Sissel and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir is now available for sale in Deseret Bookstores and on their website.Sissel, MoTabs: Spirit of the Season CD Now Availa...Want to be a distributor?Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.Sissel's second US album, My Heart, released in the US in 2004.June 24, 1969 in Bergen, Norway), also known as just Sissel, is a Norwegian singer.Sissel is considered as 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.Samson et Dalila, to the D flat above soprano C.Rise to prominence at home
1.Climb to international recognition
1.Biography
Sissel sang in a children's choir from the time she was nine years old, and won her first local talent competition when she was eleven.She was influenced by various musical genres; her parents were interested in country and classical music, and her brothers' interest in rock influenced her also.Later, Sissel said Barbra Streisand was a huge inspiration.In 1983, she appeared for the first time on Norwegian TV with the song Evergreen in the children's program Halvsju.Sissel sang solo on TV several times in 1984.She also appeared in several TV programs, and met Rune Larsen, who later became her first manager.Rise to prominence at home
In May 1986, Sissel performed during the intermission of the Eurovision Song Contest, which was arranged in Grieg Hall in her hometown of Bergen.That same year, her first album, Sissel, was released, which set the record for most albums sold in Norway with over 500,000 copies sold in its first run.Person of the Year) by the Norwegian national newspaper Dagbladet.In 1987 her Christmas album Glade Jul was released.The initial release sold over 600,000 copies in a country with only 4.In Sweden, a Swedish version was released, called "Stilla Natt."In the fall of 1988, Sissel moved to Oslo for a short period to play the role of Maria von Trapp in the Norwegian version of The Sound of Music.Sissel recorded the audio dub of the character Princess Ariel for the Norwegian, Swedish and Danish versions of the 1989 Disney movie The Little Mermaid.Sissel has two young daughters Ingrid and Sarah with Skoller, whom she divorced in 2004.In February 1994 Sissel performed during the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the 1994 Winter Olympic Games in Lillehammer.Domingo visited Norway during the Olympics, where he came across one of her earlier albums.He contacted Sissel and the next day they recorded Fire In Your Heart, an English version of Se ilden lyse, the official theme song of the Lillehammer Olympics.These two versions of the song were released in February 1994 on Sissel's solo album Innerst i sjelen (Deep Within My Soul) a collection of Nordic folk songs.French singer Charles Aznavour to partake in his annual Christmas concert in Vienna later that year.Climb to international recognition
In 1995, Sissel was invited to perform at the annual Royal Variety show in London.There she performed the renowned aria O Mio Babbino Caro from the opera Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini.In 1997 Sissel toured the USA with the Irish group The Chieftains.They appeared, among other places, on The Late Show with David Letterman and in Carnegie Hall.Billboard charts and sold more than 24 million copies worldwide.Sissel sang an aria from Borodin's opera Prince Igor during the chorus, while Warren G rapped.In 1999, she sang the Gaelic song Siuil A Run on The Chieftains' 1999 album Tears of Stone.November 2000 Sissel released (in Norway only) her solo album, All Good Things, which was her first solo album in nearly seven years.In 2001, Sissel released All Good Things throughout Europe and Asia.In December 2000 she was invited to represent Norway at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert, where she sang "One Day" and "Weightless", both songs from her latest release "All Good Things".She was presented by Jane Seymour as "the Norwegian star Sissel."In 2000 she also released a greatest hits collection in Japan that included two new songs from the Japanese TV show "Summer Snow", one of which was the show's theme song.Sissel is enormously popular in Japan and has released several Japanese versions of her albums there.In 2001 she was asked to sing a duet with the Danish goth rockers Sort Sol.Sissel sang with them on the track Elia Rising from their album Snakecharmer, released in May 2001.They also performed together on Roskilde that year.Global stardom
On October 1st, 2002 Sissel released her first album in the USA, which sold over 100,000 copies in its first three months of release with almost no advertisement or marketing.In late 2002 one of Sissel's concerts was filmed at the Oslo Spectrum and later broadcast in March 2003 on PBS in the United States.The British Singer Russell Watson was one of her guests.It was subsequently released as the DVD Sissel in Concert.In December of 2002 Sissel again was invited to represent Norway at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert.Sissel released her second USA album My Heart, in March 2004, a classical crossover album, which also included two pop songs written by Richard Marx and one ballad Wait A While written by Jon Lord of Deep Purple.In the summer and fall of 2004 Sissel went on tour with The Lord of the Rings Symphony Tour.Sissel was a featured soloist on an orchestral performance dedicated to the music from the The Lord of the Rings films.At each performance, Sissel performed with a symphony orchestra and choirs with 200 musicians on stage.It is very thrilling to have the Norwegian singer Sissel perform as a soloist in The Lord of the Rings Symphony.Sissel's radiant voice illuminates this work."When asked about the tour in an interview, Sissel raved "I love the music.In May 2005 Sissel performed with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir in Salt Lake City, Utah on their radio and TV broadcast Music and the Spoken Word, which is featured on nearly 2,000 stations across the USA and around the world.Sissel joined the choir to commemorate the Centennial of Norwegian Independence from Sweden, which was being celebrated that year.Ninnaji Otobutai, in Osaka, Japan.She sang Pie Jesu, Sancta Maria (intermezzo from Pietro Mascagni's opera Cavalleria Rusticana), You Raise Me Up, and several other songs.The year before, Sarah Brightman was their guest on this concert.Soon afterward it was announced that Sissel would be knighted by the King of Norway to the position of Knight of the 1st Class in the Order of St.Olav for her contributions to music and as an ambassador for Norway.In February 2006, Sissel officially received her knighthood and the medal that goes with it.In December 2006 Sissel again joined the Mormon Tabernacle Choir for their annual Christmas concerts as the featured soloist.The concerts were videotaped for PBS television, and aired in December 2007.Sissel is currently dating her accompanist and arranger Kjetil Bjerkestrand.In February 2007 Sissel received the Norwegian Grammy Award of Great Honor.She is the youngest Norwegian performer ever to receive this award.In the summer of 2007 Sissel toured Norway, Sweden, France and the USA with a band.According to Sissel this is a new concert format without a choir.Carreras titled Northern Lights, released on CD and DVD in early November 2007.Sissel aims at U.This page was last modified 22:08, 6 January 2008.Please help improve this article by adding reliable references.Sissel's second US album, My Heart, released in the US in 2004.June 24, 1969 in Bergen, Norway), also known as just Sissel, is a Norwegian singer.Carreras, Neil Sedaka, Warren G, Josh Groban and The Chieftains, and her participation on the Titanic film soundtrack.Sissel is considered as 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.Samson et Dalila, to the D flat above soprano C.Biography
Sissel sang in a children's choir from the time she was nine years old, and won her first local talent competition when she was eleven.Later, Sissel said Barbra Streisand was a huge inspiration.In 1983, she appeared for the first time on Norwegian TV with the song Evergreen in the children's program Halvsju.Sissel sang solo on TV several times in 1984.She also appeared in several TV programs, and met Rune Larsen, who later became her first manager.Rise to prominence at home
In May 1986, Sissel performed during the intermission of the Eurovision Song Contest, which was arranged in Grieg Hall in her hometown of Bergen.That same year, her first album, Sissel, was released, which set the record for most albums sold in Norway with over 500,000 copies sold in its first run.Person of the Year) by the Norwegian national newspaper Dagbladet.This album still holds the record for most albums sold in Norway.The initial release sold over 600,000 copies in a country with only 4.In the fall of 1988, Sissel moved to Oslo for a short period to play the role of Maria von Trapp in the Norwegian version of The Sound of Music.This production set box office records and was seen by over 110,000 people.Sissel recorded the audio dub of the character Princess Ariel for the Norwegian, Swedish and Danish versions of the 1989 Disney movie The Little Mermaid.In 1989, she released her third album, Soria Moria, and met the man whose wife she would become, the Danish comedian and singer Eddie Skoller, to whom she became engaged to in Christmas 1991 and married on 21 August 1993.Sissel has two young daughters Ingrid and Sarah with Skoller, whom she divorced in 2004.In February 1994 Sissel performed during the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the 1994 Winter Olympic Games in Lillehammer.He contacted Sissel and the next day they recorded Fire In Your Heart, an English version of Se ilden lyse, the official theme song of the Lillehammer Olympics.These two versions of the song were released in February 1994 on Sissel's solo album Innerst i sjelen (Deep Within My Soul) a collection of Nordic folk songs.The concert was broadcast around the world as well as released as an album internationally.Climb to international recognition
In 1995, Sissel was invited to perform at the annual Royal Variety show in London.In 1997 Sissel toured the USA with the Irish group The Chieftains.They appeared, among other places, on The Late Show with David Letterman and in Carnegie Hall.Billboard charts and sold more than 24 million copies worldwide.Sissel sang an aria from Borodin's opera Prince Igor during the chorus, while Warren G rapped.In 1999, she sang the Gaelic song Siuil A Run on The Chieftains' 1999 album Tears of Stone.November 2000 Sissel released (in Norway only) her solo album, All Good Things, which was her first solo album in nearly seven years.In 2001, Sissel released All Good Things throughout Europe and Asia.She was presented by Jane Seymour as "the Norwegian star Sissel."Sissel is enormously popular in Japan and has released several Japanese versions of her albums there.In 2001 she was asked to sing a duet with the Danish goth rockers Sort Sol.Sissel sang with them on the track Elia Rising from their album Snakecharmer, released in May 2001.They also performed together on Roskilde that year.Global stardom
On October 1st, 2002 Sissel released her first album in the USA, which sold over 100,000 copies in its first three months of release with almost no advertisement or marketing.Their initial goal was to sell 100,000 copies in the first 9 months.In late 2002 one of Sissel's concerts was filmed at the Oslo Spectrum and later broadcast in March 2003 on PBS in the United States.The British Singer Russell Watson was one of her guests.It was subsequently released as the DVD Sissel in Concert.In December of 2002 Sissel again was invited to represent Norway at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert.Sissel released her second USA album My Heart, in March 2004, a classical crossover album, which also included two pop songs written by Richard Marx and one ballad Wait A While written by Jon Lord of Deep Purple.In the summer and fall of 2004 Sissel went on tour with The Lord of the Rings Symphony Tour.Sissel was a featured soloist on an orchestral performance dedicated to the music from the The Lord of the Rings films.At each performance, Sissel performed with a symphony orchestra and choirs with 200 musicians on stage.Howard Shore stated, "Ancient Norwegian mythology and culture had a great influence on Tolkien's work.It is very thrilling to have the Norwegian singer Sissel perform as a soloist in The Lord of the Rings Symphony.Sissel's radiant voice illuminates this work."When asked about the tour in an interview, Sissel raved "I love the music.It's such a wonderful feeling to be sitting in the middle of a symphony orchestra, surrounded by the beautiful voices of the choir and all those gorgeous melodies".In May 2005 Sissel performed with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir in Salt Lake City, Utah on their radio and TV broadcast Music and the Spoken Word, which is featured on nearly 2,000 stations across the USA and around the world.Sissel joined the choir to commemorate the Centennial of Norwegian Independence from Sweden, which was being celebrated that year.Norwegian national anthem Ja, vi elsker dette landet!Ninnaji Otobutai, in Osaka, Japan.She sang Pie Jesu, Sancta Maria (intermezzo from Pietro Mascagni's opera Cavalleria Rusticana), You Raise Me Up, and several other songs.The year before, Sarah Brightman was their guest on this concert.This concert was aired on television in Japan.Soon afterward it was announced that Sissel would be knighted by the King of Norway to the position of Knight of the 1st Class in the Order of St.Olav for her contributions to music and as an ambassador for Norway.In February 2006, Sissel officially received her knighthood and the medal that goes with it.In December 2006 Sissel again joined the Mormon Tabernacle Choir for their annual Christmas concerts as the featured soloist.Sissel is currently dating her accompanist and arranger Kjetil Bjerkestrand.In February 2007 Sissel received the Norwegian Grammy Award of Great Honor.In the summer of 2007 Sissel toured Norway, Sweden, France and the USA with a band.According to Sissel this is a new concert format without a choir.Carreras titled Northern Lights, released on CD and DVD in early November 2007.Sissel aims at U.This page was last modified 22:08, 6 January 2008.Healthy sitting, sleeping and moving in over 25 countries all over the the world.The most affordable way to achieve
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