Renee Fleming as you've never heard her before
Renee Fleming as you've never heard her before
#1Renee Fleming as you've never heard her before
Posted: 12/21/06 at 11:29am
This was part of Renee's performance at the Nobel Priza gala. Remember Renee, what happens in Oslo doesn't necessarily stay in Oslo.
Renee Fleming as you've never heard her before
erikaamato
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/12/04
#2re: Renee Fleming as you've never heard her before
Posted: 12/21/06 at 11:58am
LOL! I am so glad I took the time to listen to that. HILARIOUS. Thanks for sharing! 
P.S. I think this was my favortie part:
"I could have spread my wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiings!!!"
#2re: Renee Fleming as you've never heard her before
Posted: 12/21/06 at 12:04pmI have a a recording of Finning soprano Karita Mattila singing "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend"--but Karita seems to get the joke.
SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
#3re: Renee Fleming as you've never heard her before
Posted: 12/21/06 at 12:07pmRene has a pretty good sense of humor, I am sure she intended that to be a bit over the top in a campy sort of way. Thanks for posting that, though.
#4re: Renee Fleming as you've never heard her before
Posted: 12/21/06 at 6:42pm
LMFAO....
ahhh Renee...please don't...stick to Arias in foreign languages...
bwaylvsong
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/28/05
#5re: Renee Fleming as you've never heard her before
Posted: 12/21/06 at 7:35pmShe's obviously joking. She actually started out as a jazz singer. Listen to her Broadway duet CD with Bryn Terfel. It's amazing!
#6re: Renee Fleming as you've never heard her before
Posted: 12/21/06 at 9:15pm
How drunk was she? Honestly, six seconds in and I had to turn it off.
I am going to have to self-hypnotize in order to forget that.
#7re: Renee Fleming as you've never heard her before
Posted: 12/21/06 at 10:59pmIt was intended to be humorous.
#8re: Renee Fleming as you've never heard her before
Posted: 12/22/06 at 5:39amBut is the Nobel Peace Prize Gala Concert the best place to try vocal humour?
#9re: Renee Fleming as you've never heard her before
Posted: 12/22/06 at 8:32am
It was intended to be humorous.
Guess you had to be there.
#10re: Renee Fleming as you've never heard her before
Posted: 12/22/06 at 8:55amIf you listen to the end, the audience obviously is in on the joke and cheers enthusiastically. The opera queens at Parterre.com, who are notoriously and fiercely bitchy, obviously left out the introduction to her performance that put it in context.
touchmeinthemorning
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/3/04
#11re: Renee Fleming as you've never heard her before
Posted: 12/22/06 at 9:17am
I've seen her do this bit in concert. It is a joke. It's not a terribly funny joke, but her intention is to tell a joke.
Opera singers aren't known for their ability to crack people up, and I'll praise any brave opera singer for even trying.
Has anyone heard Birgit Neilsen sing this song? It is amazing. She sounds like Miss Piggy until the very end of the song -- where she hits a trememndous high C.
#12re: Renee Fleming as you've never heard her before
Posted: 12/23/06 at 2:49pmno! where can we hear that?
Plum
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/4/04
#13re: Renee Fleming as you've never heard her before
Posted: 12/23/06 at 5:41pmOh, thank goodness it's a joke, because that 7th at the end is just painful.
#14re: Renee Fleming as you've never heard her before
Posted: 12/23/06 at 11:06pmNever been a Renee Fleming fan. After listening to that, I never will be, either.
touchmeinthemorning
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/3/04
#15re: Renee Fleming as you've never heard her before
Posted: 12/24/06 at 1:33am
Listen to Flemming do "Ain't It A Pretty Night" and tell me she isn't amazing.
She is a remarkable singer.
#16re: Renee Fleming as you've never heard her before
Posted: 12/24/06 at 7:41amSorry. Not a fan.
#17re: Renee Fleming as you've never heard her before
Posted: 12/24/06 at 9:45amWe saw her in Rusalka. Glorious.
#18re: Renee Fleming as you've never heard her before
Posted: 12/24/06 at 12:56pm
I have the DVD of Rusalka....AHHHMAZING...
I just sang "Song to the Moon" in Czech this semester, so after I did it in performance I wanted to see how I stacked up to a great...
I'm now a big Renee fan.
#19re: Renee Fleming as you've never heard her before
Posted: 12/24/06 at 5:05pmShe's a distinctive and intelligent artist, and she has many detractors. All the greatest opera divas always have, and some Broadway stars have that love-her-or-hate-her effect on people too.
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