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Known credits:
71
Birthday:
1959-02-14
Place of birth:
Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
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Renée Fleming

Overview

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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Known for

Acting
2023 John Adams: Nixon in China Actor Pat Nixon 58
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2022 The Metropolitan Opera: The Hours Actor Clarissa Vaughn N/A
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2022 The Metropolitan Opera: La Traviata Actor Self - Host 58
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2022 Renée Fleming's Cities That Sing - Paris Actor Self N/A
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2021 The Kennedy Center at 50 Actor Self 59
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2021 Myths and Hymns Actor Soloist, "Migratory V" N/A
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2020 Built Beautiful: An Architecture and Neuroscience Love Story Actor Self N/A
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2020 Metropolitan Opera At Home Gala Actor Self 59
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2019 Klassik am Odeonsplatz 2019 Actor Self - Soprano N/A
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2019 Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmélites Actor Self - Host N/A
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2017 Der Rosenkavalier Actor The Marschallin N/A
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2016 Bosch: The Garden of Dreams Actor Self 59
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2015 The Metropolitan Opera: The Merry Widow Actor Hanna Glawari 59
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2014 Arabella Actor Arabella N/A
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2014 The Metropolitan Opera: Così Fan Tutte Actor Self - Host N/A
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2014 The Metropolitan Opera: Rusalka Actor Rusalka N/A
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2013 Capriccio Actor Die Gräfin N/A
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2013 The Metropolitan Opera: Rigoletto Actor Self - Host 58
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2012 The Metropolitan Opera: Otello Actor Desdemona N/A
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2012 Bruckner - Symphony No. 7 & Wolf - Lieder Actor Self N/A
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2012 Richard Strauss - Ariadne Auf Naxos Actor Ariadne N/A
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2012 The Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012 Actor Self - Performer 59
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2012 Ariadne Auf Naxos Actor Ariadne/Prima Donna N/A
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2011 Händel: Rodelinda Actor Rodelinda, Queen of Milan, wife of Bertarido N/A
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2011 The Metropolitan Opera: Don Giovanni Actor Self - Host N/A
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2011 Margaret Actor Opera Singer 60
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2011 Lucrezia Borgia Actor Lucrezia Borgia 59
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2011 The Metropolitan Opera: Il Trovatore Actor Self - Host 59
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2011 The Metropolitan Opera: Capriccio Actor The Countess 59
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2011 The Metropolitan Opera: Lucia di Lammermoor Actor Self - Host N/A
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2010 Waldbühne 2010 | An Evening with Renée Fleming Actor Soprano N/A
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2010 Rossini: Armida Actor Armida N/A
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2010 Thomas: Hamlet Actor Self - Host N/A
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2010 The Met — Der Rosenkavalier Actor Princess von Werdenberg N/A
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2009 Faszinierende Frauen - Faszinierende Stimmen Actor Self N/A
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2009 La Traviata Actor Violetta Valéry 58
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2009 André Previn - A Bridge between two Worlds Actor Self N/A
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2009 Strauss R: Der Rosenkavalier Actor Feldmarschallin 59
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2009 We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial Actor Self 58
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2008 Massenet: Thaïs Actor Thaïs N/A
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2008 Opening Night Gala Starring Renée Fleming Actor Violetta / Manon / Countess N/A
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2008 Manon Lescaut – The Met Actor Self - Host N/A
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2008 The Metropolitan Opera: Hansel and Gretel Actor Self - Host N/A
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2007 The Metropolitan Opera HD Live Gounod's Romeo et Juliette Actor Self - Host 59
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2007 Voom Portraits Actor Self 59
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2007 Arabella Actor Arabella N/A
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2007 Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin Actor Tatiana N/A
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2006 Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square featuring Renee Fleming and Claire Bloom Actor Self N/A
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2006 Verdi: La Traviata Actor Violetta 61
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2006 In Search of Mozart Actor Self 58
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2006 Mythos Mozart - Musik für die Welt Actor Self N/A
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2006 La Traviata Actor Violetta Valéry 58
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2005 2005 - Renee Fleming & Claire Bloom Actor Self N/A
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2003 Christmas in Washington Actor Self N/A
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2003 Gala Concert: 300 Years of St. Petersburg Actor Self - Soloist N/A
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2002 Rusalka Actor Rusalka N/A
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2002 Ladies & Gentlemen, Miss Renée Fleming Actor Self N/A
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2001 Bride of the Wind Actor Frances Alda 58
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2001 Manon Actor Manon Lescaut N/A
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2000 Don Giovanni Actor Donna Anna 58
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1998 A Streetcar Named Desire - The San Francisco Opera World Premiere Actor Blanche Dubois N/A
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1998 Le Nozze di Figaro Actor Contessa d'Almaviva N/A
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1996 Metropolitan Opera Gala James Levine's 25th Anniversary Actor Self N/A
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1995 The Metropolitan Opera: Otello Actor Desdemona N/A
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1995 Otello Actor Desdemona 59
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1994 The Dangerous Liaisons - San Francisco Opera Actor Madame de Tourvel N/A
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1994 Le Nozze di Figaro Actor Countess Almaviva 59
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1994 Le nozze di Figaro Actor The Countess 59
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1992 The Ghosts of Versailles Actor Rosina N/A
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Richard Strauss: Arabella Salzburg Easter Festival Actor N/A
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Sound
2018 Bel Canto Sound Music Producer 57
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