Renée Lynn Fleming (born February 14, 1959) is an American soprano, known for performances in opera, concerts, recordings, theater, film, and at major public occasions. A recipient of the National Medal of Arts, Fleming has been nominated for 18 Grammy Awards and has won five times. In June 2023, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced that Fleming would be one of the five artists recognized at the 2023 Kennedy Center Honors, which she received in December 2023. Other notable honors won by Fleming have included the Crystal Award from the World Economic Forum in Davos, the Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur from the French government, Germany's Cross of the Order of Merit, Sweden's Polar Music Prize and honorary membership in England's Royal Academy of Music. Unusual among artists whose careers began in opera, Fleming has achieved name recognition beyond the classical music world. In May, 2023, Fleming was appointed by the World Health Organization as a Goodwill Ambassador for Arts and Health. On April 9, 2024, Penguin Random House published Fleming's anthology Music and Mind: Harnessing the Arts for Health and Wellness, a collection of essays about the health benefits of music and the arts, by scientists from leading research institutions, practitioners, educators, arts leaders, musicians, artists and writers.
Renée Lynn Fleming (born February 14, 1959) is an American soprano, known for performances in opera, concerts, recordings, theater, film, and at major public occasions. A recipient of the National Medal of Arts, Fleming has been nominated for 18 Grammy Awards and has won five times. In June 2023, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced that Fleming would be one of the five artists recognized at the 2023 Kennedy Center Honors, which she received in December 2023. Other notable honors won by Fleming have included the Crystal Award from the World Economic Forum in Davos, the Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur from the French government, Germany's Cross of the Order of Merit, Sweden's Polar Music Prize and honorary membership in England's Royal Academy of Music. Unusual among artists whose careers began in opera, Fleming has achieved name recognition beyond the classical music world. In May, 2023, Fleming was appointed by the World Health Organization as a Goodwill Ambassador for Arts and Health. On April 9, 2024, Penguin Random House published Fleming's anthology Music and Mind: Harnessing the Arts for Health and Wellness, a collection of essays about the health benefits of music and the arts, by scientists from leading research institutions, practitioners, educators, arts leaders, musicians, artists and writers.
Fleming has a full lyric soprano voice. She has performed coloratura, lyric, and lighter spinto soprano operatic roles in Italian, German, French, Czech, and Russian, aside from her native English. A significant portion of her career has been the performance of new music, including world premieres of operas, concert pieces, and songs composed for her by André Previn, Caroline Shaw, Kevin Puts, Anders Hillborg, Nico Muhly, Henri Dutilleux, Brad Mehldau, and Wayne Shorter. In 2008, Fleming became the first woman in the 125-year history of the Metropolitan Opera to solo headline a season opening night gala. Conductor Sir Georg Solti said of Fleming: "In my long life, I have met maybe two sopranos with this quality of singing; the other was Renata Tebaldi."
Beyond opera, Fleming has sung and recorded lieder, chansons, jazz, musical theatre, and indie rock, and she has performed with a wide range of artists, including Luciano Pavarotti, Lou Reed, Wynton Marsalis, Paul Simon, Andrea Bocelli, Sting and John Prine. A 2018 Tony Award nominee, Fleming has acted on Broadway and in theatrical productions in London, Los Angeles and Chicago. Fleming has also recorded songs for the soundtracks of several major films, two of which won the Academy Award for Best Picture (The Shape of Water and The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King). Fleming has made numerous television appearances, and she is the only classical singer to have performed the U.S. National Anthem at the Super Bowl.
Fleming has also become a frequent public speaker about the impact of music on health and neuroscience, winning a Research!America Award for her advocacy in this field.
Fleming was born on February 14, 1959, in Indiana, Pennsylvania, the daughter of two music teachers, and grew up in Churchville, New York. She has great-grandparents who were born in Prague and later emigrated to the US. Fleming attended Churchville-Chili High School. ...
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Filmography (Movies)
John Adams: Nixon in China
Character:Pat Nixon
Release Date:16/04/2023
The Metropolitan Opera: The Hours
Character:Clarissa Vaughn
Release Date:10/12/2022
The Metropolitan Opera: La Traviata
Character:Self - Host
Release Date:05/10/2022
Renée Fleming's Cities That Sing - Paris
Character:Self
Release Date:18/09/2022
The Kennedy Center at 50
Character:Self
Release Date:01/10/2021
Myths and Hymns
Character:Soloist, "Migratory V"
Release Date:13/01/2021
Built Beautiful: An Architecture and Neuroscience Love Story
Character:Self
Release Date:22/10/2020
Metropolitan Opera At Home Gala
Character:Self
Release Date:25/04/2020
Klassik am Odeonsplatz 2019
Character:Self - Soprano
Release Date:13/07/2019
Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmélites
Character:Self - Host
Release Date:11/05/2019
Sommernachtskonzert 2017
Character:Self
Release Date:25/05/2017
Der Rosenkavalier
Character:The Marschallin
Release Date:13/05/2017
Bosch: The Garden of Dreams
Character:Self
Release Date:09/06/2016
The Metropolitan Opera: The Merry Widow
Character:Hanna Glawari
Release Date:17/01/2015
A Recital with Renée Fleming: Vienna at the Turn of the 20th Century
Character:Self
Release Date:01/09/2014
Arabella
Character:Arabella
Release Date:17/06/2014
The Metropolitan Opera: Così Fan Tutte
Character:Self - Host
Release Date:26/04/2014
The Metropolitan Opera: Rusalka
Character:Rusalka
Release Date:08/02/2014
Capriccio
Character:Die Gräfin
Release Date:12/06/2013
The Metropolitan Opera: Rigoletto
Character:Self - Host
Release Date:16/02/2013
The Metropolitan Opera: Otello
Character:Desdemona
Release Date:27/10/2012
Bruckner - Symphony No. 7 & Wolf - Lieder
Character:Self
Release Date:01/09/2012
Richard Strauss - Ariadne Auf Naxos
Character:Ariadne
Release Date:21/08/2012
The Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012
Character:Self - Performer
Release Date:03/06/2012
Ariadne Auf Naxos
Character:Ariadne/Prima Donna
Release Date:25/02/2012
Händel: Rodelinda
Character:Rodelinda, Queen of Milan, wife of Bertarido
Release Date:03/12/2011
The Metropolitan Opera: Don Giovanni
Character:Self - Host
Release Date:29/10/2011
Margaret
Character:Opera Singer
Release Date:30/09/2011
Lucrezia Borgia
Character:Lucrezia Borgia
Release Date:13/05/2011
The Metropolitan Opera: Il Trovatore
Character:Self - Host
Release Date:30/04/2011
The Metropolitan Opera: Capriccio
Character:The Countess
Release Date:23/04/2011
The Metropolitan Opera: Lucia di Lammermoor
Character:Self - Host
Release Date:19/03/2011
Waldbühne 2010 | An Evening with Renée Fleming
Character:Soprano
Release Date:27/06/2010
Rossini: Armida
Character:Armida
Release Date:01/05/2010
The Metropolitan Opera: Hamlet
Character:Self - Host
Release Date:27/03/2010
The Metropolitan Opera: Hamlet
Character:Self - Host
Release Date:27/03/2010
The Met — Der Rosenkavalier
Character:Princess von Werdenberg
Release Date:09/01/2010
Faszinierende Frauen - Faszinierende Stimmen
Character:Self
Release Date:23/10/2009
Royal Opera House: La Traviata
Character:Violetta Valéry
Release Date:05/07/2009
André Previn - A Bridge between two Worlds
Character:Self
Release Date:29/03/2009
Strauss R: Der Rosenkavalier
Character:Feldmarschallin
Release Date:31/01/2009
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
Character:Self
Release Date:18/01/2009
Massenet: Thaïs
Character:Thaïs
Release Date:20/12/2008
Opening Night Gala Starring Renée Fleming
Character:Violetta / Manon / Countess
Release Date:22/09/2008
Camelot: Live from Lincoln Center
Character:Host
Release Date:08/05/2008
Manon Lescaut – The Met
Character:Self - Host
Release Date:16/02/2008
The Metropolitan Opera: Hansel and Gretel
Character:Self - Host
Release Date:01/01/2008
The Metropolitan Opera HD Live Gounod's Romeo et Juliette
Character:Self - Host
Release Date:15/12/2007
Voom Portraits
Character:Self
Release Date:01/10/2007
Arabella
Character:Arabella
Release Date:21/03/2007
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin
Character:Tatiana
Release Date:24/02/2007
Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square featuring Renee Fleming and Claire Bloom
Character:Self
Release Date:12/10/2006
Renee Fleming: Sacred Songs
Character:Self
Release Date:11/04/2006
In Search of Mozart
Character:Self
Release Date:04/01/2006
Mythos Mozart - Musik für die Welt
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2006
La Traviata
Character:Violetta Valéry
Release Date:01/01/2006
2005 - Renee Fleming & Claire Bloom
Character:Self
Release Date:02/12/2005
Christmas in Washington
Character:Self
Release Date:14/12/2003
Gala Concert: 300 Years of St. Petersburg
Character:Self - Soloist
Release Date:31/05/2003
Rusalka
Character:Rusalka
Release Date:21/12/2002
Ladies & Gentlemen, Miss Renée Fleming
Character:Self
Release Date:03/02/2002
Bride of the Wind
Character:Frances Alda
Release Date:08/06/2001
Manon
Character:Manon Lescaut
Release Date:01/01/2001
Don Giovanni
Character:Donna Anna
Release Date:01/12/2000
A Streetcar Named Desire - The San Francisco Opera World Premiere
Character:Blanche Dubois
Release Date:30/12/1998
Le Nozze di Figaro
Character:Contessa d'Almaviva
Release Date:11/11/1998
Metropolitan Opera Gala James Levine's 25th Anniversary
Character:Self
Release Date:27/04/1996
Otello
Character:Desdemona
Release Date:01/10/1995
The Dangerous Liaisons - San Francisco Opera
Character:Madame de Tourvel
Release Date:21/09/1994
The Marriage of Figaro
Character:Countess Almaviva
Release Date:28/05/1994
Le nozze di Figaro
Character:The Countess
Release Date:01/01/1994
The Ghosts of Versailles
Character:Rosina
Release Date:10/01/1992
Television Appearances
Stars in the House
Character:Self
Meisterwerke der Klassik
Character:Self
Masterclass
Character:Self
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Character:Self
The View
Character:Self
ZDF-Mittagsmagazin
Character:Self
Le monde est à vous
Character:Self
Live from Lincoln Center
Character:Self
3 nach 9
Character:Self
Great Performances
Character:Mme. de Tourvel
Great Performances
Character:Blanche Dubois
Great Performances
Character:Self
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