Carnegie Hall

Renée Fleming is one of the most acclaimed singers of our time, performing on the stages of the world’s great opera houses and concert halls. Honored with four Grammy Awards and the US National Medal of Arts, she has sung for momentous occasions from the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony to the Diamond Jubilee Concert for Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace. In 2014, she brought her voice to a vast new audience when she became the first classical artist ever to sing “The Star-Spangled Banner” at the Super Bowl. 

Ms. Fleming’s current concert calendar includes appearances in Paris, Vienna, London, Los Angeles, Houston, and New York. In November, she starred in the world-premiere staging of The Hours, a new opera based on the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel and award-winning film, at The Metropolitan Opera. In March, she will appear as Pat Nixon in a new production of Nixon in China at the Opéra national de Paris.

Her recording Voice of Nature: The Anthropocene has been nominated for a 2023 Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Album. A collection of classical songs and world premieres with Yannick Nézet-Séguin as pianist, the album focuses on nature as both inspiration and casualty of humans. In January, Decca released a two-disc compilation of Ms. Fleming’s greatest live moments at the Met.

In recent years, Ms. Fleming has become a leading advocate for research at the intersection of arts, health, and neuroscience. As artistic advisor to the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, she launched the first ongoing collaboration between the national cultural center and the National Institutes of Health. She has presented her program Music and the Mind in more than 50 cities around the world, and launched Music and Mind LIVE, a weekly web show that has amassed nearly 700,000 views from 70 countries. 

In addition to leading SongStudio at Carnegie Hall, Ms. Fleming is co-director of the Aspen Opera Center and VocalArts at the Aspen Music Festival and School, and advisor for special projects at LA Opera. Her other awards include the Fulbright Lifetime Achievement Medal, Germany’s Cross of the Order of Merit, Sweden’s Polar Music Prize, and France’s Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur.