Renée Fleming

The Woolf pack: Renée Fleming and Joyce DiDonato on turning The Hours into opera

The Pulitzer-prize-winning, Mrs Dalloway-influenced novel about three generations of women, has finally hit the stage. Its stars tell us how they pulled it off

Imogen Tilden

07, Dec, 2022 @4:00 PM

Renée Fleming/LPO review – superstar soprano is unforgettable

This ‘gala evening’ with Fleming was breathtakingly intimate, though the London Philharmonic, under Enrique Mazzola, deserved equal credit in this strange programme of Dvořák, Verdi and Strauss

Flora Willson

24, Apr, 2022 @11:46 AM

The Metropolitan Opera’s At-Home Gala review – thrilling singing, live from the stars’ living-rooms

This technically remarkable event offered performances from more than 40 of the Met’s regular singers – as well as an irresistible peek into their homes

Tim Ashley

26, Apr, 2020 @1:29 PM

New York Metropolitan Opera hosts starry lockdown gala

Jonas Kaufmann, Anna Netrebko, Bryn Terfel and Renée Fleming join the company’s ambitious pan-continental living-room soiree

Imogen Tilden

24, Apr, 2020 @9:00 AM

The Light in the Piazza review – Fleming shines over feelgood musical

Full of lazy, hazy nostalgia for classic romantic encounters in Italy, this picturesque show is rescued from cliche by Renée Fleming’s soaring star quality

Erica Jeal

19, Jun, 2019 @2:37 PM

Renée Fleming: 'Plácido Domingo was so frightening. I needed help to get off the stage'

She is the go-to soprano for world leaders, royals and Broadway directors – and she even sang in elf language for Lord of the Rings. The great barrier-buster relives her biggest breaks

Claire Armitstead

17, Jun, 2019 @3:30 PM

Hold on to your hard hats: New York's $475m Shed throws open its doors

The escalators need fixing and there’s no bar – but the show must go on, as stars from Ben Whishaw to Steve McQueen open NYC’s first major new arts venue for decades

Alex Needham

08, Apr, 2019 @4:10 PM

RSPO/Oramo/Chineke!/Edusei review – rounded, exquisite, played to perfection

A stellar performance by Renée Fleming and the first appearance by the BAME Chineke! Orchestra made Proms 61 and 62 a privilege to attend

Martin Kettle

31, Aug, 2017 @1:49 PM

Hillborg: The Strand Settings, etc CD review – Renée Fleming is ravishing

Andrew Clements

11, Jan, 2017 @3:34 PM

Der Rosenkavalier review – big guns and young lovers overcome stage obstacles

Renée Fleming leads a fine cast including Alice Coote, Sophie Bevan and Matthew Rose in a production whose romantic comedy plays out against a distractingly over-the-top backdrop

Andrew Clements

18, Dec, 2016 @2:30 PM

Renée Fleming review – lightness and luminosity

The soprano whose voice was once described as ‘double cream’ played to her strengths and was perfectly partnered by pianist Hartmut Höll

George Hall

07, Apr, 2016 @11:54 AM

BBCSO/Oramo/Fleming review – precision and exotic colour

Vocal works by Holloway and Hillborg were beautifully performed by US soprano Renée Fleming and the BBCSO under Sakari Oramo