Adieu notre petite condo Adieu notre petite condo

“Ms. Fleming said she has spent many hours tending to plants on her terrace, and has hosted evening dinner parties under its wisteria-clad trellis.”

on July 26, 2019 at 4:19 PM
The desert song The desert song

“Darn, it sure is hot in New Mexico.”

on June 21, 2019 at 2:00 PM
Get ur frack on Get ur frack on

“The first person walks out of this preview performance about 30 minutes in…”

on April 08, 2019 at 7:18 PM
All is full of Renée All is full of Renée

In what will surely be a fever dream for critics and diacritics alike, Renée Fleming sings Björk with the New York Philharmonic next season.

on February 06, 2019 at 11:02 AM
Blood shed Blood shed

Renée Fleming and Ben Whishaw… two iconic beauties millennia apart.”

on January 30, 2019 at 9:00 AM
What has made it numb? What has made it numb?

At the New York Philharmonic’s New Year’s Eve gala? Really? 

on January 03, 2019 at 3:31 PM

“Give the gift of Renée!”

on December 17, 2018 at 6:15 PM
Coming this spring to FXX Coming this spring to FXX

“These two dynamic artists will participate in a conversation onstage concerning activism, philanthropy, entrepreneurship, and the future of education.”

on December 14, 2018 at 10:09 AM
Very warm for mayonnaise Very warm for mayonnaise

The career of our beloved Renée Fleming deserves to continue… by whatever means necessary.

on September 17, 2018 at 10:22 AM
Dear white people Dear white people

America’s diva Renée Fleming belts out “Plus blanche que la blanche hermine.”

on September 09, 2018 at 12:10 PM
With one look you’ll know all you need to know With one look you’ll know all you need to know

You naysayers out there who are guffawing at Renée Fleming’s long-anticipated descent into utter camp: hey, be nice!

on September 07, 2018 at 10:35 PM
If I could be with you one scour tonight If I could be with you one scour tonight

“Too sexy” is a hell of an accusation for a woman wearing a giant mesh Brillo pad!

on July 27, 2018 at 9:56 AM
We’ll go on forever, Pa We’ll go on forever, Pa

“Ma Joad is no doubt the most challenging role of my career thus far,” observed Fleming.

on April 15, 2018 at 8:33 AM
“Marge won’t out like a liar, a-whomping Odawalla Anna Bey!” “Marge won’t out like a liar, a-whomping Odawalla Anna Bey!”

Broadway baby Renée Fleming pays tribute to the immortal Leslie “And they’re hockin’ the bejeebers” Uggams in this selection from Carousel.

on March 02, 2018 at 8:55 AM
You go to my head You go to my head

Finally, medical science offers the answer to the conundrum that has baffled opera fans for decades: what was Renée Fleming thinking?

on February 26, 2018 at 2:03 PM
The fire of artifice The fire of artifice

My mother leaned in and quietly whispered,”Is that Leontyne Price?” to which I replied,”Shhhh!”

on February 19, 2018 at 11:17 AM
Renée! F! Renée! F!

I fucking love Renée Fleming.

on October 25, 2017 at 3:08 PM
And I am telling you I’m not going And I am telling you I’m not going

“I never said that I was stepping away from the opera stage for good.”

on April 06, 2017 at 5:39 PM
I don’t know why I’m frightened I don’t know why I’m frightened

“Norma non mente!”

on December 07, 2016 at 7:00 PM
Se il destassi… no, peloso! Se il destassi… no, peloso!

The one glitch was a much-publicised fiasco in the bear-pit of Milan’s La Scala, where in 1998 she was booed after her performance in Donzietti’s Lucrezia Borgia.”

on February 02, 2016 at 6:43 PM
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! It’s the most wonderful time of the year!

Just in time for Halloween, Decca Classics has released the trailer for the upcoming CD Renée Fleming: Christmas in New York.

on October 30, 2014 at 1:46 AM
When I have sung my songs When I have sung my songs

Soprano Renée Fleming is certainly making the role of the Countess in Richard Strauss’s final opera Capriccio the focus of her late-career years.

on September 26, 2014 at 8:30 AM
Faces of mirth Faces of mirth

La Cieca’s old, old, old friend Dorothy Bishop, recently interviewed in Opera News, brings her “Dozen Divas” show to NYC’s Metropolitan Room April 30 and May 5.  

on April 27, 2014 at 1:00 PM
Jersey girl Jersey girl

One has “made it” when one is gently lampooned by that edgiest of all late-night funnymen, Jay Leno.

on February 04, 2014 at 4:22 PM