Renee Fleming to Perform at NJ PAC, Today

Experience the exquisite Renée Fleming -- in recital, in the acoustic splendor of Prudential Hall, accompanied by pianist Gerald Martin Moore. One of the most beloved and celebrated musical ambassadors of our time, soprano Renée Fleming captivates audiences with her sumptuous voice, consummate artistry, and compelling stage presence. At a White House ceremony in 2013, the President awarded her the National Medal of Arts, America's highest honor for an individual artist. Known as "the people's diva" and winner of the 2013 Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Solo, she continues to grace the world's greatest opera stages and concert halls, now extending her reach to include other musical forms and media. In recent years, Renée has hosted a wide variety of television and radio broadcasts, including the Metropolitan Opera's Live in HD series for movie theaters and television, and Live From Lincoln Center on PBS. She brought her voice to a vast new audience in 2014, as the first classical artist to sing the National Anthem at the Super Bowl.

As a musical statesman, Renée has been sought after on numerous distinguished occasions, from the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize ceremony to performances in Beijing during the 2008 Olympic Games. In 2012, in an historic first, she sang on the balcony of Buckingham Palace in the Diamond Jubilee Concert for HM Queen Elizabeth II. In January 2009, Renée was featured in the televised We Are One: The Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial concert for President Obama. She has also performed for the United States Supreme Court and, in November 2009, celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Czech Republic's "Velvet Revolution" at the invitation of Václav Havel. A ground-breaking distinction came in 2008 when Renée became the first woman in the 125-year history of the Metropolitan Opera to solo headline an opening night gala.

A four-time Grammy winner, Renée won the 2013 Best Classical Vocal Solo Grammy Award for Poèmes, a collection of 20th-Century French music, including works composed especially for her by Henri Dutilleux. Her most recent recording for Decca is Berg: Lyric Suite; Wellesz: Sonnets, with the Emerson String Quartet. Her first-ever holiday album, Christmas in New York, was released by Decca in October of 2014. She was featured with Yo-Yo Ma on the Billy Childs album, Map to the Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro, and their track "New York Tendaberry" winning the Grammy for Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals. In June 2010, Decca and Mercury Records released the CD Dark Hope, which features Renée covering songs by indie-rock and pop artists.

Program:

Massenet: C'est Thais, l'idole fragile from Thais

Saint-Saëns: Soirée en mer

Straus: Je t'aime quand même from Les Trois Valses

Schumann: Frauenliebe und -leben, Op. 42

Intermission

Tosti: Aprile Donaudy: O del mio amato ben

Boito: L'altra notte in fondo al mare from Mefistofele

Leoncavallo: Mattinata

Ponce: Estrellita

Gómez: La Morena de mi copla

Rodgers & Hammerstein - The King and I

I Whistle a Happy Tune

Something Wonderful

Shall We Dance?

Show Page:

http://www.njpac.org/events/detail/renee-fleming-in-recital

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