Superstar soprano Renée Fleming brings the full breadth of her artistic curiosity to Carnegie Hall’s Perspectives residency. In January, she presents a joint recital with friend and frequent co-star, mezzo-soprano Susan Graham. She goes on to sing the iconic role of Blanche Dubois—written for her by André Previn—in a semi-staged performance of his setting of A Streetcar Named Desire. In April, she serves as muse to another composer when she premieres a new work by Anders Hillborg in a special concert with the New York Philharmonic under Alan Gilbert. The finale of her Perspectives series is Vienna: Window to Modernity, a thoughtful tribute to the time and place where the European musical tradition, under the influence of literary and visual arts, gave way to the 20th century.
Renée Fleming is the embodiment of the modern American singer, performing a wide range of styles on the world’s great stages. She has appeared in international festivals and recorded everything from lieder and opera to jazz and indie-rock (winning three Grammy Awards along the way). Her voice has brought solace to a grieving nation from Ground Zero and also reflected its optimism during presidential inaugural events. She’s the leading lady of the Metropolitan Opera and the author of the critically acclaimed book The Inner Voice. She has inspired fashion designers and visual artists, and she’s as comfortable on Sesame Street as she is singing Strauss heroines in Vienna. Her broad repertoire choices, genre-hopping projects, and off-stage artistic pursuits have broadened the definition of what it means to be an American singer in a European classical tradition.
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