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RENéE FLEMING

Renée Fleming is one of the talents that appear frequently on Great Performances, whether as a star or host of Great Performances in the Met, or in her self-produced documentary American Voices.

Great Performances at the Met: Renée Fleming in Concert

Renée Fleming Sings “O mio babbino caro”

Soprano Renée Fleming sings Lauretta’s aria from Puccini’s “Gianni Schicchi” at the historic Dumbarton Oaks estate in Washington, D.C.

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Great Performances at the Met: Renée Fleming in Concert

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Experience the beloved American soprano perform arias by Puccini and Massenet to selections by Handel and Korngold from the intimate music salon of Dumbarton Oaks in Washington, D.C.

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Nathan Gunn and Renee Fleming in The Merry Widow

Great Performances at the Met: The Merry Widow

Renée Fleming and Nathan Gunn Duet

Renée Fleming (Hanna) and Nathan Gunn (Danilo) perform an excerpt of their Act II duet "Hello, Here's a Soldier Bold" from Lehár's The Merry Widow. Costumes are by William Ivey Long and the new production in English is directed by Tony Award-winning choreographer and director ...

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The making of The Merry Widow at The Met

NYC-ARTS Full Episode: December 18, 2014

Behind the Scenes

A behind the scenes look at Susan Stroman’s new staging of Franz Lehár's “The Merry Widow,” which will premiere on December 31st at The Metropolitan Opera. The production will play through January, including a live HD transmission to movie theaters around the world. In April, ...

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RenŽe Fleming

Great Performances at the Met: The Merry Widow

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The lavish new staging of Lehár’s effervescent operetta The Merry Widow is the Met debut of Broadway director and choreographer Susan Stroman. Soprano Renée Fleming adds a new character to her Met repertory as Hanna, the rich widow. Sir Andrew Davis conducts the cast that ...

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Ben Folds, Maestro Steven Reineke, and Sara Bareilles

American Voices with Renée Fleming

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World-renowned American opera singer Renée Fleming convenes a festival of special guests to celebrate the diverse range of America’s vocal artistry. Young artists receive mentoring from respected singers including Ben Folds, Dianne Reeves, Sutton Foster, Eric Owens, Kim Burrell and Alison Krauss. Also see performances ...

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GP at The Met: Rusalka

GP at the Met: Rusalka

Renée Fleming Sings “Song to the Moon”

The American soprano Renée Fleming won the Met's National Council Auditions 25 years ago singing the mermaid's aria "Song to the Moon" and has sung the role of Rusalka more than any artist in the Metropolitan Opera's history. Dvo?ák's Rusalka airs on Great Performances at ...

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GP at The Met: Rusalka

GP at the Met: Rusalka

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Renée Fleming sings one of her signature roles, the title character in Dvo?ák's Rusalka, an opera about a water spirit's tragic romance with a prince. The story is drawn partly from Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Mermaid." Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads a cast that includes ...

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Renée Fleming as Desdemona

GP at the Met: Otello

Renée Fleming Sings “Ave Maria”

In this scene from Verdi's Otello,  Renée Fleming as Desdemona sings "Ave Maria." GP at the Met: Otello airs Sunday, February 24 at 12 pm.