Renée Fleming

Renée Lynn Fleming (lahir 14 Februari 1959) adalah penyanyi sopran Amerika, yang dikenal karena penampilannya dalam opera, konser, rekaman, teater, film, dan acara-acara publik besar. Penerima National Medal of Arts, Fleming telah dinominasikan untuk 18 Grammy Awards dan menang lima kali. Pada bulan Juni 2023, Pusat Seni Pertunjukan John F. Kennedy mengumumkan bahwa Fleming akan menjadi salah satu dari lima artis yang diakui di Kennedy Center Honors 2023, yang ia terima pada bulan Desember 2023. Penghargaan penting lainnya yang dimenangkan oleh Fleming termasuk Crystal Award dari Forum Ekonomi Dunia di Davos, Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur dari pemerintah Prancis, Cross of the Order of Merit Jerman, Polar Music Prize Swedia dan keanggotaan kehormatan di Royal Academy of Music Inggris. Tidak biasa di antara artis yang karirnya dimulai di opera, Fleming telah mencapai pengakuan nama di luar dunia musik klasik. Pada Mei 2023, Fleming ditunjuk oleh Organisasi Kesehatan Dunia sebagai Duta Besar Seni dan Kesehatan. Pada tanggal 9 April 2024, Penguin Random House menerbitkan antologi Fleming Musik dan Pikiran: Memanfaatkan Seni untuk Kesehatan dan Kebugaran, kumpulan esai tentang manfaat musik dan seni bagi kesehatan, oleh para ilmuwan dari lembaga penelitian, praktisi, pendidik, pemimpin seni, musisi, seniman, dan penulis terkemuka. Fleming memiliki suara sopran lirik penuh. Selain bahasa Inggris aslinya, ia telah menampilkan peran opera coloratura, lirik, dan opera spinto soprano yang lebih ringan dalam bahasa Italia, Jerman, Prancis, Ceko, dan Rusia. Sebagian besar karirnya adalah penampilan musik baru, termasuk pemutaran perdana opera dunia, karya konser, dan lagu-lagu yang dibuat untuknya oleh André Previn, Caroline Shaw, Kevin Puts, Anders Hillborg, Nico Muhly, Henri Dutilleux, Brad Mehldau, dan Wayne Shorter. Pada tahun 2008, Fleming menjadi wanita pertama dalam 125 tahun sejarah Metropolitan Opera yang menjadi headline solo di pesta malam pembukaan musim. Konduktor Sir Georg Solti berkata tentang Fleming: "Sepanjang umur saya, saya mungkin pernah bertemu dua penyanyi sopran dengan kualitas nyanyian seperti ini; yang lainnya adalah Renata Tebaldi." Selain opera, Fleming telah menyanyi dan merekam lieder, chansons, jazz, teater musikal, dan indie rock, dan dia telah tampil dengan berbagai artis, termasuk Luciano Pavarotti, Lou Reed, Wynton Marsalis, Paul Simon, Andrea Bocelli, Sting dan John Prine. Sebagai nominasi Tony Award 2018, Fleming telah berakting di Broadway dan produksi teater di London, Los Angeles, dan Chicago. Fleming juga merekam lagu untuk soundtrack beberapa film besar, dua di antaranya memenangkan Academy Award untuk Film Terbaik (The Shape of Water dan The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King). Fleming telah membuat banyak penampilan televisi, dan dia adalah satu-satunya penyanyi klasik yang membawakan Lagu Kebangsaan AS di Super Bowl. Fleming juga sering menjadi pembicara publik tentang dampak musik terhadap kesehatan dan ilmu saraf, memenangkan Research!America Award atas advokasinya di bidang ini. Fleming lahir pada 14 Februari 1959, di Indiana, Pennsylvania, putri dari dua guru musik, dan dibesarkan di Churchville, New York. Dia memiliki kakek buyut yang lahir di Praha dan kemudian beremigrasi ke Amerika. Fleming bersekolah di Sekolah Menengah Churchville-Chili. ... Sumber: Artikel "Renée Fleming" dari Wikipedia dalam bahasa Inggris, berlisensi CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Renée Lynn Fleming (born February 14, 1959) is an American soprano, known for performances in opera, concerts, recordings, theater, film, and at major public occasions. A recipient of the National Medal of Arts, Fleming has been nominated for 18 Grammy Awards and has won five times. In June 2023, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced that Fleming would be one of the five artists recognized at the 2023 Kennedy Center Honors, which she received in December 2023. Other notable honors won by Fleming have included the Crystal Award from the World Economic Forum in Davos, the Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur from the French government, Germany's Cross of the Order of Merit, Sweden's Polar Music Prize and honorary membership in England's Royal Academy of Music. Unusual among artists whose careers began in opera, Fleming has achieved name recognition beyond the classical music world. In May, 2023, Fleming was appointed by the World Health Organization as a Goodwill Ambassador for Arts and Health. On April 9, 2024, Penguin Random House published Fleming's anthology Music and Mind: Harnessing the Arts for Health and Wellness, a collection of essays about the health benefits of music and the arts, by scientists from leading research institutions, practitioners, educators, arts leaders, musicians, artists and writers. Fleming has a full lyric soprano voice. She has performed coloratura, lyric, and lighter spinto soprano operatic roles in Italian, German, French, Czech, and Russian, aside from her native English. A significant portion of her career has been the performance of new music, including world premieres of operas, concert pieces, and songs composed for her by André Previn, Caroline Shaw, Kevin Puts, Anders Hillborg, Nico Muhly, Henri Dutilleux, Brad Mehldau, and Wayne Shorter. In 2008, Fleming became the first woman in the 125-year history of the Metropolitan Opera to solo headline a season opening night gala. Conductor Sir Georg Solti said of Fleming: "In my long life, I have met maybe two sopranos with this quality of singing; the other was Renata Tebaldi." Beyond opera, Fleming has sung and recorded lieder, chansons, jazz, musical theatre, and indie rock, and she has performed with a wide range of artists, including Luciano Pavarotti, Lou Reed, Wynton Marsalis, Paul Simon, Andrea Bocelli, Sting and John Prine. A 2018 Tony Award nominee, Fleming has acted on Broadway and in theatrical productions in London, Los Angeles and Chicago. Fleming has also recorded songs for the soundtracks of several major films, two of which won the Academy Award for Best Picture (The Shape of Water and The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King). Fleming has made numerous television appearances, and she is the only classical singer to have performed the U.S. National Anthem at the Super Bowl. Fleming has also become a frequent public speaker about the impact of music on health and neuroscience, winning a Research!America Award for her advocacy in this field. Fleming was born on February 14, 1959, in Indiana, Pennsylvania, the daughter of two music teachers, and grew up in Churchville, New York. She has great-grandparents who were born in Prague and later emigrated to the US. Fleming attended Churchville-Chili High School. ... Source: Article "Renée Fleming" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.