Renée Fleming
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 14, 1959 (age 67)
- Birthplace
- Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
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. ... Source: Article "Renée Fleming" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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John Adams: Nixon in China
Movie · as Pat Nixon
The Metropolitan Opera: La Traviata
Movie · as Self - Host
The Metropolitan Opera: The Hours
Movie · as Clarissa Vaughn
Renée Fleming's Cities That Sing - Paris
Movie · as Self
The Kennedy Center at 50
Movie · as Self
Myths and Hymns
Movie · as Soloist, "Migratory V"
Built Beautiful: An Architecture and Neuroscience Love Story
Movie · as Self
Metropolitan Opera At Home Gala
Movie · as Self
Stars in the House
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Klassik am Odeonsplatz 2019
Movie · as Self - Soprano
Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmélites
Movie · as Self - Host
Secret Song
Movie
Der Rosenkavalier
Movie · as The Marschallin
Sommernachtskonzert 2017
Movie · as Self
Bosch: The Garden of Dreams
Movie · as Self
The Metropolitan Opera: The Merry Widow
Movie · as Hanna Glawari
Rusalka - Metropolitan Opera
Movie · as Rusalka
Arabella
Movie · as Arabella
The Metropolitan Opera: Così Fan Tutte
Movie · as Self - Host
A Recital with Renée Fleming: Vienna at the Turn of the 20th Century
Movie · as Self
Capriccio - Wiener Staatsoper
Movie · as Die Gräfin
The Metropolitan Opera: Rigoletto
Movie · as Self - Host
The Metropolitan Opera: Otello
Movie · as Desdemona
Richard Strauss - Ariadne Auf Naxos
Movie · as Ariadne
Bruckner - Symphony No. 7 & Wolf - Lieder
Movie · as Self
The Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012
Movie · as Self - Performer
Meisterwerke der Klassik
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Händel: Rodelinda
Movie · as Rodelinda, Queen of Milan, wife of Bertarido
The Metropolitan Opera: Il Trovatore
Movie · as Self - Host
The Metropolitan Opera: Capriccio
Movie · as The Countess
Lucrezia Borgia
Movie · as Lucrezia Borgia
Margaret
Movie · as Opera Singer
The Metropolitan Opera: Don Giovanni
Movie · as Self - Host
The Metropolitan Opera: Lucia di Lammermoor
Movie · as Self - Host
Rossini: Armida
Movie · as Armida
The Met — Der Rosenkavalier
Movie · as Princess von Werdenberg
Waldbühne 2010 | An Evening with Renée Fleming
Movie · as Soprano
The Metropolitan Opera: Hamlet
Movie · as Self - Host
Masterclass
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Faszinierende Frauen - Faszinierende Stimmen
Movie · as Self
André Previn - A Bridge between two Worlds
Movie · as Self
Strauss R: Der Rosenkavalier
Movie · as Feldmarschallin
Royal Opera House: La Traviata
Movie · as Violetta Valéry
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
Movie · as Self
Thaïs - Metropolitan Opera
Movie · as Thaïs
The Metropolitan Opera: Hansel and Gretel
Movie · as Self - Host
Manon Lescaut – The Met
Movie · as Self - Host
Opening Night Gala Starring Renée Fleming
Movie · as Violetta / Manon / Countess
Camelot: Live from Lincoln Center
Movie · as Host
Arabella
Movie · as Arabella
The Metropolitan Opera HD Live Gounod's Romeo et Juliette
Movie · as Self - Host
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin
Movie · as Tatiana
Voom Portraits
Movie · as Self
Mythos Mozart - Musik für die Welt
Movie · as Self
Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square featuring Renee Fleming and Claire Bloom
Movie · as Self
In Search of Mozart
Movie · as Self
La Traviata
Movie · as Violetta Valéry
Renee Fleming: Sacred Songs
Movie · as Self
2005 - Renee Fleming & Claire Bloom
Movie · as Self
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Christmas in Washington
Movie · as Self
Gala Concert: 300 Years of St. Petersburg
Movie · as Self - Soloist
Ladies & Gentlemen, Miss Renée Fleming
Movie · as Self
Rusalka
Movie · as Rusalka
Manon
Movie · as Manon Lescaut
Bride of the Wind
Movie · as Frances Alda
Don Giovanni
Movie · as Donna Anna
Le Nozze di Figaro
Movie · as Contessa d'Almaviva
A Streetcar Named Desire - The San Francisco Opera World Premiere
Movie · as Blanche Dubois
The View
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Metropolitan Opera Gala James Levine's 25th Anniversary
Movie · as Self
Otello
Movie · as Desdemona
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro
Movie · as The Countess
The Dangerous Liaisons - San Francisco Opera
Movie · as Madame de Tourvel
The Marriage of Figaro
Movie · as Countess Almaviva
The Ghosts of Versailles
Movie · as Rosina
ZDF-Mittagsmagazin
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Le monde est à vous
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The South Bank Show
TV · 1 ep
Live from Lincoln Center
TV · as Self · 1 ep
3 nach 9
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Great Performances
TV · as Mme. de Tourvel, Blanche Dubois, Self · 1 ep