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Renée Fleming

Renée Fleming

Birthday: 14 February 1959, Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
Height: 168 cm

Renée Fleming was born on February 14, 1959 in Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA. She is an actress, known for Renée Fleming (2002), Renée Fleming: Christmas in New York (2014) and The ...Show More

Renée Fleming
I'm reserved, so I've always needed to find a way of opening up. Jazz helped me do that. I'm reserved, so I've always needed to find a way of opening up. Jazz helped me do that.
Everybody's a work in progress. I'm a work in progress. I mean, I've never arrived. I'm still learni Show more Everybody's a work in progress. I'm a work in progress. I mean, I've never arrived. I'm still learning all the time. Hide
I do everything in the third person. Performance is about someone else. I do everything in the third person. Performance is about someone else.
My worry is that opera will become an historic art form as opposed to a living, breathing thing. My worry is that opera will become an historic art form as opposed to a living, breathing thing.
I have had a very difficult time with stage fright. It undermines your well-being and peace of mind, Show more I have had a very difficult time with stage fright. It undermines your well-being and peace of mind, and it can also threaten your livelihood. Hide
My parents discussed singing every night over the dinner table; I had a tremendous music education. My parents discussed singing every night over the dinner table; I had a tremendous music education.
There's no performance where I never have to think about setting up a phrase or making a technical a Show more There's no performance where I never have to think about setting up a phrase or making a technical adjustment while I'm performing. Hide
Contrary to the norm, as my technique improved my voice became higher. Contrary to the norm, as my technique improved my voice became higher.
I don't want to be somebody who stands still and sings pretty. Each song is a world. Each song is a Show more I don't want to be somebody who stands still and sings pretty. Each song is a world. Each song is a story. Hide
The thing I love to remind people about what I do is we're not even amplified. We are the final, maj Show more The thing I love to remind people about what I do is we're not even amplified. We are the final, major art form that is 100 percent acoustic and unplugged. Hide
Learning operatic roles is ongoing, and I find that I can learn on the train or subway, getting my h Show more Learning operatic roles is ongoing, and I find that I can learn on the train or subway, getting my hair done, and even while driving - if I only look at the score at red lights. Hide
Renée Fleming's FILMOGRAPHY
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