Renée Fleming
Renée Fleming is one of the most highly acclaimed singers of our time, performing on the stages of the world’s great opera houses and concert halls. Honored with five Grammy awards and the US National Medal of Arts, she has sung for momentous occasions from the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony to the Super Bowl. Last May, she was named a Goodwill Ambassador for Arts and Health for the World Health Organization, and in December, she received the prestigious Kennedy Center Honor.
Fleming’s current calendar includes appearances in Paris, Milan, and Vienna, and at Carnegie Hall. Recent opera performances include starring in the world premiere staging of The Hours, a new opera based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and award-winning film, at the Metropolitan Opera, and a role debut as Pat Nixon in a new production of Nixon in China at the Opéra de Paris.
In January 2023, Decca released a special double-length album of live recordings from her iconic performances at the Metropolitan Opera, Renée Fleming: Greatest Moments at the Met. Fleming has recorded everything from complete operas and song recitals to indie rock and jazz. She earned a Tony award nomination for her performance in Carousel on Broadway, and her voice is featured in two Best Picture Oscar-winning films.
Fleming’s new anthology, Music and Mind: Harnessing the Arts for Health and Wellness, will be published this spring. A prominent advocate for research at the intersection of arts, health, and neuroscience, as Artistic Advisor to the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, she launched the first ongoing collaboration between America’s national cultural center and the National Institutes of Health. She created her own program called Music and the Mind, which she has presented in more than 50 cities around the world. And she is now an advisor for major initiatives in this field, including the Sound Health Network at the University of California San Francisco and the NeuroArts Blueprint at Johns Hopkins University.
In addition to directing SongStudio at Carnegie Hall, Fleming is Co-Artistic Director of the Aspen Opera Theater and VocalARTS at the Aspen Music Festival and School and Advisor for Special Projects at the Los Angeles Opera. Other awards include the 2023 Crystal Award from the World Economic Forum, the Fulbright Lifetime Achievement Medal, and the Order of Merit from Germany. She holds honorary doctorates from eight leading universities. For more information, visit www.reneefleming.com