LUMINARY BIO
Renée Fleming is an American soprano and one of the most celebrated musical ambassadors of our time. Her parents were both singing teachers and music formed an important part of her upbringing. A winner of the National Medal of Arts and a Fulbright Lifetime Achievement Award, she performs regularly in opera houses and concert halls worldwide. Her repertoire encompasses Handel. Mozart, Richard Strauss, French and Italian opera, jazz and indie rock. Known for bringing new audiences to classical music and opera, she has sung with Luciano Pavarotti, Andrea Bocelli, Sting, Lou Reed, Josh Groban, and the Muppets. She has performed for such events as the Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony, the Diamond Jubilee Concert for Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace, and We Are One: The Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial for President Obama. In 2010, she was named the first-ever Creative Consultant at Lyric Opera of Chicago, and earlier this year, she was appointed Artistic Advisor to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
FUN FACTS
- Renée’s memoir, The Inner Voice, was published in 2004 and is in its 14th printing.
- She sang in a jazz trio while studying at the State University of New York at Potsdam.
- In 2014, she was the first classical artist ever to sing the National Anthem at the Super Bowl.
