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- 1959-02-14
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- Renee Fleming
- The Inner Voice
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Acting · Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
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…
Known for
- John Adams: Nixon in China — Pat Nixon2023
- The Metropolitan Opera: La Traviata — Self - Host2022
- The Metropolitan Opera: The Hours — Clarissa Vaughn2022
- Renée Fleming's Cities That Sing - Paris — Self2022
- The Kennedy Center at 50 — Self2021
- Myths and Hymns — Soloist, "Migratory V"2021
- Built Beautiful: An Architecture and Neuroscience Love Story — Self2020
- Metropolitan Opera At Home Gala — Self2020
- Stars in the House — Self2020
- Klassik am Odeonsplatz 2019 — Self - Soprano2019
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The American soprano Renée Fleming (born February 14, 1959) is a leading opera singer. She was born in Indiana, Pennsylvania, and grew up in Rochester, New York. Both her parents were voice teachers. She studied music education at the Crane School of Music at the State University of New York at Potsdam. Renée Fleming, one of the best-loved and versatile sopranos of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, has been described as "the people's diva <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Ren%C3%A9e+Flem
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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· 2021 · cited 14,292x
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· 2001 · cited 9,278x
- Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013
· 2014 · cited 9,169x
- The Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) project
· 2013 · cited 8,414x
- Prevention of HIV-1 Infection with Early Antiretroviral Therapy
· 2011 · cited 5,714x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1959-02-14 ) February 14, 1959 (age 67) , Indiana, Pennsylvania , U.S.
- Education
- State University of New York, Potsdam ( BM ) Eastman School of Music , University of Rochester ( MM ) Juilliard School ( GrDip )
- Occupations
- Singer ( lyric soprano ), actress, arts advocate
- Years active
- 1978-present
- Spouses
- Rick Ross ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1989 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2000 ) Tim Jessell ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. September 3, 2011</span>"}]]}'>2011 )
- Website
- reneefleming .com
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Key dates
- Born
- 14 February 1959
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Renée
- Family name
- Fleming
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Indiana
- Occupation
- musician
- Educated at
- Eastman School of Music
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Classic Brit Awards
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Renée Lynn Fleming (born February 14, 1959) is an American soprano and actress, 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 December 2023, she was one of five recipients of the Kennedy Center Honors. Other notable honors 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.
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 (the Met) 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."
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