Jessye Norman has pulled out of the $2 million premiere of a new opera written with her in mind. “Composed by Richard Danielpour with a libretto by Nobel laureate Toni Morrison, “Margaret Garner” tells the story of a fugitive slave who kills her children rather than raise them in bondage. Norman was slated to sing all five performances as Cilla, the sympathetic mother-in-law to Margaret. Danielpour tailored the role for Norman’s dynamic voice and dignified carriage, and he said in an earlier Free Press interview that the moment the opera became real to him was the moment she agreed to participate.”