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 Adventures of Tintin (2011). She has been married to Tim Jessell since September 3, 2011. She was previously married to Richard Lee Ross.

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. Show less «

I do everything in the third person. Performance is about someone else.

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. Show less «

Contrary to the norm, as my technique improved my voice became higher.

My parents discussed singing every night over the dinner table; I had a tremendous music education.

I'm reserved, so I've always needed to find a way of opening up. Jazz helped me do that.

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. Show less «

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. Show less «

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. Show less «

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. Show less «

Renée Fleming

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