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Since the early 1990s Norman has lived in Croton-on-Hudson, New York in a secluded estate known as " The White Gates " which she purchased from television personality Allen Funt.

In 1990, Norman performed at Tchaikovsky's 150th Birthday Gala in Leningrad and she made her Lyric Opera of Chicago début in the title role of Gluck's Alceste.

In 1991 Norman sang for the 700th Celebration Party of Swiss National Day.

That same year, she performed in a concert recorded live with Lawrence Foster and the Lyon Opera Orchestra amid the tantalizing acoustics at Paris's Notre Dame cathedral.

In 1992 Norman sang Jocasta in Stravinsky's Oedipus rex at the opening operatic production at the new Saito Kinen Festival in the Japanese Alps near Matsumoto.

In 1993, Norman sang the title role in the Metropolitan Opera's production of Ariadne auf Naxos.

In 1994, Norman sang at the funeral of former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.

In September 1995, she was again the featured soloist with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, this time under Kurt Masur's direction, in a gala concert telecast live to the nation by PBS making the opening of the orchestra's 153rd season.

In 1996 Norman gave a highly lauded performance as the title character in the Metropolitan Opera's premier production of Janáček's The Makropulos Case.