Someday she’ll come along, the girl I love
In Richard Strauss’s Arabella, the heroine is consumed with finding the right man—der Richtige—but who is the right Arabella?
Renée Fleming
171 pieces since 2005 — in 36 roles, at 19 companies, most often at Metropolitan Opera.
171
pieces
36
roles
19
companies
22
years
By role
Marschallin 5
Rodelinda 4
Violetta 4
Armida 3
Countess 3
Thaïs 3
Daphne 3
Lucrezia Borgia 3
Ariadne 2
Blanche DuBois 2
Clarissa Vaughan 2
Arabella 2
Margaret Johnson 2
Manon 2
Rusalka 2
Pat Nixon 2
Nettie 1
Tatyana 1
Rosina 1
Sandrina 1
Susannah 1
Louise 1
unknown 1
Virginia Woolf 1
Marguerite 1
Alaide 1
La Folie 1
intermission commentatress 1
Hanna Glawari 1
Georgia O'Keeffe 1
Gabriel/Eva 1
Ellen 1
Countess; Thäis 1
Countess Rosina 1
Countess Madeleine 1
Anna 1
By company
Metropolitan Opera 31
Lyric Opera of Chicago 2
Boston Symphony Orchestra 2
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra 1
Wolf Trap 1
Washington National Opera 1
San Francisco Opera 1
Royal Opera House 1
Richard Tucker Gala 1
Orchestre de Paris 1
Opera Orchestra of New York 1
Opéra de Paris 1
National Symphony Orchestra 1
Los Angeles Opera 1
LA Opera 1
Imperial Theater 1
Houston Grand Opera 1
Festspielhaus Baden-Baden 1
Carnegie Hall 1
2 pieces as Arabella — stats above show all coverage for Renée Fleming.
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Coming out
Christian Thielemann’s spirited, precise conducting and the superb, sumptuous playing of the Staatskapelle Dresden are the finest features of this strongly cast performance of Strauss’s Arabella.
I’ll take the fall
The days are getting shorter, but you can keep the prattle going this fall’s Talk of the Town! You will, you can, you must join in the discussion about: Great mezzo soprano performances (October),
Gained in translation (November), Teleport me back to… (December).