The Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra to Present Renee Fleming in June 2023
The concert will take place on Saturday, June 3, 2023, at 5:00pm, at The VETS, Providence.
The Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra will present its Annual Gala Concert with Metropolitan Opera star Renee Fleming. Conducted by Leonard Slatkin, the performance will include Strauss' Four Last Songs and more.
The concert will take place on Saturday, June 3, 2023, at 5:00pm, at The VETS, Providence.
Tickets at 401-248-7000 and tickets.riphil.org starting at $35.
Renee Fleming made her Broadway debut in 2015 in Living on Love, for which she earned a Drama League Award nomination. Ms. Fleming is an internationally acclaimed soprano who performs in the world's greatest opera houses and concert halls. Winner of the National Medal of Arts and four Grammy Awards, she has sung at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony and the Diamond Jubilee Concert for Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace. The first classical artist ever to sing "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the Super Bowl, she can be heard on the soundtracks of the films The Shape of Water; Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri; and Bel Canto. As Artistic Advisor to The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, she launched a collaboration with the National Institutes of Health focused on music and neuroscience. Among her awards are France's Legion d'Honneur, the Fulbright Lifetime Achievement Medal, and Germany's Cross of the Order of Merit.
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