Renée Fleming
Known for Acting · 80 credits
- Born
- 1959-02-14 (age 67)
- Place of birth
- Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
- Also known as
- Renee Fleming
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. ...
Known For
TV Shows (10)
The View
1997
as Self
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
as Self
Great Performances
1971
as Mme. de Tourvel / Blanche Dubois / Self
Stars in the House
2020
as Self
3 nach 9
1974
as Self
Le monde est à vous
1987
as Self
ZDF-Mittagsmagazin
1989
as Self
Live from Lincoln Center
1976
as Self
Masterclass
2010
as Self
Meisterwerke der Klassik
2012
as Self
Movies (70)
Margaret
2011
as Opera Singer
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
2009
as Self
Voom Portraits
2007
as Self
The Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012
2012
as Self - Performer
Bride of the Wind
2001
as Frances Alda
Händel: Rodelinda
2011
as Rodelinda, Queen of Milan, wife of Bertarido
The Metropolitan Opera: Il Trovatore
2011
as Self - Host
The Metropolitan Opera: The Merry Widow
2015
as Hanna Glawari
The Metropolitan Opera: Hansel and Gretel
2008
as Self - Host
The Metropolitan Opera: Lucia di Lammermoor
2011
as Self - Host
In Search of Mozart
2006
as Self
The Kennedy Center at 50
2021
as Self
The Metropolitan Opera HD Live Gounod's Romeo et Juliette
2007
as Self - Host
The Metropolitan Opera: The Hours
2022
as Clarissa Vaughn
Myths and Hymns
2021
as Soloist, "Migratory V"
Massenet: Thaïs
2008
as Thaïs
Bosch: The Garden of Dreams
2016
as Self
Otello
1995
as Desdemona
The Metropolitan Opera: Così Fan Tutte
2014
as Self - Host
Waldbühne 2010 | An Evening with Renée Fleming
2010
as Soprano
André Previn - A Bridge between two Worlds
2009
as Self
Renée Fleming's Cities That Sing - Paris
2022
as Self
Strauss R: Der Rosenkavalier
2009
as Feldmarschallin
The Metropolitan Opera: Rigoletto
2013
as Self - Host
The Metropolitan Opera: Don Giovanni
2011
as Self - Host
The Metropolitan Opera: Otello
2012
as Desdemona
Opening Night Gala Starring Renée Fleming
2008
as Violetta / Manon / Countess
Richard Strauss - Ariadne Auf Naxos
2012
as Ariadne
Metropolitan Opera Gala James Levine's 25th Anniversary
1996
as Self
Camelot: Live from Lincoln Center
2008
as Host
The Metropolitan Opera: Rusalka
2014
as Rusalka
The Marriage of Figaro
1994
as Countess Almaviva
Royal Opera House: La Traviata
2009
as Violetta Valéry
Capriccio
2013
as Die Gräfin
Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square featuring Renee Fleming and Claire Bloom
2006
as Self
The Ghosts of Versailles
1992
as Rosina
The Met — Der Rosenkavalier
2010
as Princess von Werdenberg
Metropolitan Opera At Home Gala
2020
as Self
Built Beautiful: An Architecture and Neuroscience Love Story
2020
as Self
Arabella
2014
as Arabella
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro
1994
as The Countess
Der Rosenkavalier
2017
as The Marschallin
Le Nozze di Figaro
1998
as Contessa d'Almaviva
Rusalka
2002
as Rusalka
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin
2007
as Tatiana
The Metropolitan Opera: Hamlet
2010
as Self - Host
La Traviata
2006
as Violetta Valéry
The Metropolitan Opera: La Traviata
2022
as Self - Host
Manon Lescaut – The Met
2008
as Self - Host
Manon
2001
as Manon Lescaut
The Metropolitan Opera: Capriccio
2011
as The Countess
Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmélites
2019
as Self - Host
Ladies & Gentlemen, Miss Renée Fleming
2002
as Self
Christmas in Washington
2003
as Self
The Dangerous Liaisons - San Francisco Opera
1994
as Madame de Tourvel
Gala Concert: 300 Years of St. Petersburg
2003
as Self - Soloist
2005 - Renee Fleming & Claire Bloom
2005
as Self
Arabella
2007
as Arabella
Lucrezia Borgia
2011
as Lucrezia Borgia
Rossini: Armida
2010
as Armida
Renee Fleming: Sacred Songs
2006
as Self
A Streetcar Named Desire - The San Francisco Opera World Premiere
1998
as Blanche Dubois
John Adams: Nixon in China
2023
as Pat Nixon
Mythos Mozart - Musik für die Welt
2006
as Self
Faszinierende Frauen - Faszinierende Stimmen
2009
as Self
Don Giovanni
2000
as Donna Anna
Sommernachtskonzert 2017
2017
as Self
Klassik am Odeonsplatz 2019
2019
as Self - Soprano
A Recital with Renée Fleming: Vienna at the Turn of the 20th Century
2014
as Self
Bruckner - Symphony No. 7 & Wolf - Lieder
2012
as Self
About Renée Fleming
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… With 80 credits spanning from 1971 to 2023, Renée Fleming has appeared in 70 films and 10 TV shows.
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Most Popular Renée Fleming Movies
- Margaret (2011) — as Opera Singer
- We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial (2009) — as Self
- Voom Portraits (2007) — as Self
- The Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012 (2012) — as Self - Performer
- Bride of the Wind (2001) — as Frances Alda
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