One of the most beloved and celebrated singers of our time, soprano Renée Fleming captivates audiences with her sumptuous voice, consummate artistry, and compelling stage presence. At a White House ceremony in 2013, President Barack Obama awarded her the National Medal of Arts, America’s highest honour for an individual artist. In May 2023, Renée was named a Goodwill Ambassador for Arts and Health for the World Health Organization, and in June, it was announced that she would be awarded the prestigious Kennedy Center Honor.

 

Winner of the 2023 Grammy Award (her fifth) for Best Classical Vocal Solo and honoured with the World Economic Forum’s 2023 Crystal Award at Davos, Renée is the only classical artist ever to sing The Star-Spangled Banner at the Super Bowl (2014). As a musical statesman, Renée has sung at numerous prestigious occasions, from the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize ceremony to performances in Beijing during the 2008 Olympic Games. In 2014, she sang in the televised concert at the Brandenburg Gate to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. In 2012, in a historic first, she sang on the balcony of Buckingham Palace in the Diamond Jubilee Concert for HM Queen Elizabeth II.

 

A ground-breaking distinction came in 2008 when Renée became the first woman in the 125-year history of the Metropolitan Opera to solo headline an opening night gala. In January 2009, Renée was featured in the televised We Are One: The Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial for President Obama. She has also performed for the United States Supreme Court and, in 2009, celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Czech Republic’s “Velvet Revolution” at the invitation of Václav Havel. ​

 

• Hazel Dickens “Pretty Bird”
• Georg Frideric Handel “Care Selve” from Atalanta
• Nico Muhly, Thomas Traherne, Robinson Meyer “Endless Space”
• Joseph Canteloube “Baïlèro” from Songs of the Auvergne
• Maria Schneider / Ted Kooser “Our Finch Feeder” from Winter Morning Walks
• Reynaldo Hahn “L’Heure Exquise” from Chansons Grises
• Heitor Villa-Lobos “Epilogo” from Floresta do Amazonas
• Howard Shore / Philippa Jane Boyens “Twilight and Shadow” from The Lord of the Rings
• Kevin Puts / Dorianne Laux “Evening”
• Curtis Green / Pearce Green “Red Mountains Sometimes Cry”
• Burt Bacharach / Hal David “What the World Needs Now”

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart “Laudate Dominum” from Vesperae solennes de confessore
• George Frideric Handel “Lascia ch’io pianga” from Rinaldo
• George Frideric Handel “Bel piacere” from Agrippina
• George Frideric Handel “Calm thou my soul” from Alexander Balus
• Edvard Grieg “Lauf der Welt” from Sechs Lieder
• Edvard Grieg “Zur Rosenzeit” from Sechs Lieder (No. 5)
• Richard Strauss “Die Zeit, die ist ein sonderbar Ding” from Der Rosenkavalier
• Richard Strauss “Morgen”
• Giacomo Puccini “O mio babbino caro” from Gianni Schicchi