No, I don’t know how to pronounce it.

It seems, neither does anyone else, since she is more commonly known, like Cher and Prince, as just—Sissel.  (I don’t know how to prounce that, either.)

I’m sort of out of the main information stream on the music world, so maybe you all know all about her already.  But, just in case, here’s a little background:

Sissel is a Norwegian soprano.  She’s internationally famous (except, it seems, to me since I just discovered her).  She sings everything from pop to country to rap to classical music.  She’s performed with everybody from Placido Domingo to Charles Aznavour to rapper Warren G.

Her voice is most often described as “crystalline,” and I can’t think of a better word.  Her Wikipedia entry is here, her official website is here, and you can find a bunch of tracks for your listening pleasure on YouTube.

Happy Listening!