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Ren: Haunted Heart

Read "Haunted Heart" reviewed by Stephen Latessa


My utter and lamentable ignorance of opera leaves me unable to fully grasp the esteem with which Renée Fleming is held. However, on Haunted Heart, Fleming takes temporary leave of the opera world for pop pastures. Such crossover attempts constitute a mini-genre, albeit one with an almost unbroken string of ill-advised efforts (see the Placido Domingo/John Denver summit Perhaps Love). Inevitably the marketing campaign will urge the undecided buyer to “experience love by plunking down a few bucks for a ...

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New England Conservatory Jazz Voice Alum Michael Mayo Featured On American Voices A PBS Great Performances Special Hosted By Renée Fleming

New England Conservatory Jazz Voice Alum Michael Mayo  Featured On American Voices A PBS Great Performances Special  Hosted By Renée Fleming

Source: Braithwaite & Katz Communications

“Jazz on stage is alive and it’s a very intimate exchange… You have to listen so you can respond and keep the conversation going. You do that so impeccably well!” – Dianne Reeves to Michael Mayo on PBS’ American Voices New England Conservatory Jazz Studies alum Michael Mayo (Bachelor’s of Music, Jazz Voice ’14) was recently featured on American Voices, a PBS Great Performances special hosted by Renée Fleming. This PBS show was the outgrowth of the Kennedy Center’s 2013 ...

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Renee Fleming Joins CSO for Opening Night Gala, October 3

Renee Fleming Joins CSO for Opening Night Gala, October 3

Source: All About Jazz

CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OPENS 2009-2010 SEASON WITH GALA EVENING FEATURING SOPRANO RENÉE FLEMING AND GUEST CONDUCTOR PAAVO JRVI Concert Includes Music by Bernstein, Barber and Richard Strauss Saturday, October 3, at 7 pm. Presenting sponsor: Kirkland & Ellis LLP

CHICAGO - The Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) kicks off the 2009-2010 season with its annual Opening Night Gala, a one-night-only performance on Saturday, October 3. The concert features soprano Renée Fleming in Samuel Barber's Knoxville: ...

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Award / Grant

Pink Floyd, Renee Fleming Receive Polar Music Prize

Pink Floyd, Renee Fleming Receive Polar Music Prize

Source: All About Jazz

STOCKHOLM (AFP) -- US soprano Renee Fleming and British rock group Pink Floyd received the Polar Music Prize from the hands of Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf at a gala ceremony in Stockholm on Tuesday, organisers said. The winners received one million kronor (106,700 euros, 156,385 dollars) each. The Royal Swedish Academy of Music honoured Fleming “in recognition of her sublime unparalleled voice and unique stylistic versatility." “Connoisseurs and the general public alike have been dazzled by the beauty of ...

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Renee Flemings "From The Front Porch" Returns to Triad Cabaret (NYC) Nov 3rd & 10th

Renee Flemings "From The Front Porch" Returns to Triad Cabaret (NYC) Nov 3rd & 10th

Source: All About Jazz

Acclaimed playwright and actress Renee Flemings brings a return engagement of her autobiographical musical production “From The Front Porch" back to the Triad cabaret (158 W. 72nd Street) in Manhattan for two performances only - Friday evenings, November 3rd & November 10th @ 7pm.

Flemings, a Eugene O'Neill Playwright's Conference finalist (2004), calls the work “a spirited celebration of rhythm, blues and life" inspired by her childhood experiences in Alabama and summers spent in several small Southern towns in the ...

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