La Traviata

Two of opera’s biggest stars, Renée Fleming and Rolando Villazón, sing one of the world’s best-loved operas together on DVD, in the sumptuous Los Angeles production of Verdi's tragic masterpiece, La Traviata. For more details on this release click here to view the special e-card.

There have been some fantastic reviews of Renée Fleming’s performance in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin. Here are just a sample of them below:

“Has just about everything going for it: an all-star cast in peak form, a great orchestra led by today's leading Russian conductor, and a striking stage production whose minimalist, often stark, sets manage to superbly suit this most Romantic of operas...Renée Fleming's Tatiana is a triumph, her gorgeous soprano voice, intense acting and precise characterization make the complex young woman come alive...an Onegin that's the DVD version to get.”
Dan Davis amazon.com

“The singing is marvelous. Fleming, in her first Tatiana at the Met, conveys the girl's impetuousness, tenderness, and brusqueness toward her nanny, her heartbreak at Onegin's rejection, and her resolve when she rejects him. Dmitri Hvorostovsky is an ideal Onegin, with just enough warmth under his surliness to make his conversion plausible. Ramon Vargas is a sweet-voiced Lensky. Conductor Valery Gergiev is exciting and impulsive, hot-wiring the polished Met orchestra.”
David Perkins Boston Globe

“The great event of last year's inaugural season. With a cast headed by Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Renee Fleming and conducted by Valery Gergiev, it's possible the performance couldn't have missed…Fleming sings to the heavens, with a soprano of creamy expressivity…In the pit, Gergiev shapes an account abounding in flexibility, nuance and penetrating theatricality. He has the musicians of the Met Orchestra playing with utmost depth of sound and attention to shading. Grade: A”
Donald Rosenberg Cleveland Plain Dealer

You can also see exclusive footage and information about the DVD, which is released on 4th February, by viewing the e-card for the release here.

24th January 2008 - Renée performs in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin alongside Dmitri Hvorostovsky with Valery Gergiev.
Filmed at the Metropolitan Opera this operatic masterpiece will be released in February.

RECENT REVIEWS
Here is just a small selection of the wonderful reviews Renée has received:

LA TRAVIATA: "Fleming was born to sing Violetta"
So hotly pursued is Renée Fleming by so many opera houses that even a major theater such as Lyric Opera has no choice but to take a number and wait its turn. As a matter of fact, the last time America's reigning opera diva sang a complete opera at Lyric was in 2002-03, when the soprano took the title role in Massenet's "Thais."
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OregonLive.com - David Stabler
“Renée Fleming, May 14: Glamour lives. The empress of opera floated into an ocean of fans at Eugene's Hult Center to sing plummy arias from "Thais" and "Arabella" and, of course, Dvorak's "Hymn to the Moon." Less a concert than a religious experience, Fleming earned countless standing ovations for her creamy notes and honeyed phrasing. Her Ella impression in " Over the Rainbow" left us there.”
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New York Times online - Anthony Tommasini
“Renée Fleming is becoming the hostess of choice for these broadcasts. The inviting and affable Ms. Fleming took us backstage to watch the tenor Philip Langridge put on fat pads, rubbery arms, jowly chin and a frizzled gray wig to turn himself into the witch, a process, we learned, that takes an hour and 20 minutes. Ms. Fleming, a self- confessed lover of sweets, practically drooled when she was shown the real puff pastries, strudels and cakes atop the witch’s huge kitchen table, where she tries to fatten up Hansel for baking. The producers of these broadcasts are banking that scenes of backstage activity, even during the performance, will draw the audience in without dispelling the fantasy of the show.”
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International Herald Tribune - Charles Isherwood
“Quite a few of the finest performances I saw this year came courtesy of the newly re-energized Met, where a heightened emphasis on theatrical values is under way. A partial list of the year's highlights, for me, would have to include Karita Mattila's moving "Jenufa," Renée Fleming and Dmitri Hvorostovsky as the fate-bedeviled couple in "Eugene Onegin," and Susan Graham's transfixing turn in "Iphigénie en Tauride."
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ThePhoenix.com - Lloyd Schwartz
“It was a treat to have Renée Fleming back at Symphony Hall. She was in her dreamiest, creamiest voice both for four exquisite Duparc songs (including his masterful, seductive setting of Baudelaire’s come-hither “L’invitation au voyage”) and for the Dutilleux.”

“Dutilleux wrote Le temps l’horloge (“Time [and] the Clock”) with Fleming in mind (she sang the world premiere with the Saito Kinen Orchestra under Seiji Ozawa in Japan this past September), and she sang its three poems with increasing flexibility and expressiveness.”
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GRAMMY NOMINATIONS
We are thrilled to announce "Homage: The Age of the Diva" has been nominated for two Grammy awards in "The Best Vocal Performance" and "The Best Classical" Album Categories. 
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November 2007: Reviews of Verdi : La Traviata @ The Metropolitan Opera
"Fleming, her voice all lyric cream and coloratura diamonds until it dramatically falters into gallant poignancy, has perhaps never been more touching or so completely convincing - it's not just a performance, it's a portrait of death as a young woman." New York Post
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July 2007: Reviews of Massenet's Thaïs
"…Fleming sings gloriously throughout.  Her range of vocal shading and her creamy tone suits the role perfectly, and she attacks her set piece scenes with all the emotional commitment and attention to words that her detractors routinely claim she neglects." Sunday Express
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February 2007- Reviews of Eugene Onegin
"…the formidable and beautiful Renée Fleming in the role of the poignant Tatiana for the first time at the Met. With the great Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky as the arrogant Onegin, and under the batonless, charismatic hands of conductor Valery Gergiev, this was a performance to cherish. " New York Post
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Thursday February 8 2007 - Renée appears on new CD We All Love Morricone
Renée sings the song "Come Sail Away" on the new all-star tribute to Ennio Morricone entitled We All Love Morricone.
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October 2006 - New album out now
Renée's new album is now available internationally. Click here for more details

May 2006- New DVD: Sacred Songs, Live from Mainz Cathedral
Renée's latest DVD is out now - click here more more details

25th June 2005 - Video - live at the Lincoln Center
See the video clips from "Live at the Lincoln Center", and preview the sold out "Mostly Mozart 2005" opening night - click here more more details


15th June 2005 - News updates
Reviews of Haunted Heart added to the news section.


20th April 2005 - Latest recording - Haunted Heart, Available May 10
Renée latest release is available in the US only on May 10th.
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4th April 2005 - Get Caught Reading campaign
Renée is involved in the latest US national literacy campaign.
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1st April 2005 - New tourdates added
Renée's new recital and tour schedule just published. Two special events have also been announced at the Royal Opera House, London - 20th June and 14th July.
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17th February 2005 - recital review in Baltimore Sun
"A Memorable Night with Renée Fleming - recital review.
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20th January 2005 - review in Seattle Times
Renée wows the crowds in Seattle.
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10th January 2005 - interview with Amazon.com
Renée was recently interviewed for Amazon.com about her new book "The Inner Voice".
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3rd November 2004 - iTunes exclusive track
An exclusive version of the Handel album, complete with the bonus (unreleased) track Care Selve is now available at the iTunes music store.
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