Renée Fleming in recital at the Concertgebouw

Von Jenny Camilleri, 08 Februar 2019

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“Puts fully exploits Fleming’s elastic upper voice and she was in her element”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam, am 7 Februar 2019

Schubert, An Silvia (Shakespeare), D. 891

Schubert, Im Abendrot (Lappe), D. 799

Schubert, Die Forelle (Schubart), D.550

Brahms, Die Mainacht (The May Night), Op.43 no.2

Brahms, Da unten im Tale

Brahms, Meine liebe ist grün, Op.63 no.5

Brahms, Wiegenlied (Lullaby), Op.49 no.4

Puts, Letters from Georgia

Villa-Lobos, Bachianas Brasileiras: Nr. 5 für Stimme und 8 Celli (Ária (Cantilena))

Flotow, Martha: Letzte Rose

Dvořák, Rusalka, Op.114: Lied an den Mond

Refice, Ombra di nube

Leoncavallo, La bohème: Musette svaria sulla bocca viva

Puccini, Turandot: Signore, ascolta

Tosti, La Serenata

Lehár, Friederike: Warum hast du mich wachgeküßt (Why did you kiss my heart awake)

Kander, The Visit: Love and Love Alone

Kander, The Visit: Winter

Yeston, Nine: Unusual Way

Lehár, Schön ist die Welt: Ich bin verliebt

Gershwin, Porgy and Bess: Summertime

Puccini, Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro

Renée Fleming, Sopran

Hartmut Höll, Klavier

Renée Fleming brings star power to Edinburgh

Simon Thompson, 25th August

The American diva dazzles with plenty of star power, but shows she still has a remarkable power to communicate.

****1

Andris Nelsons and the BSO arrive in New York, with baggage in tow

Cameron Kelsall, 9th April

In his first New York appearance since the termination of his contract as BSO Music Director, Nelsons courts public sympathy and makes some thrilling music.

***11

Pomp meets ping-pong: Nixon in China lands again in Paris

David Karlin, 14th March

Excellent vocal acting from Thomas Hampson, Renée Fleming, Xiaomeng Zhang and a magnificent orchestral performance conducted by Kent Nagano can't make Valentina Carrasco's production fully grip.

***11

Climate change and classic arias: Renée Fleming in Saratoga Springs

Cameron Kelsall, 15th August

Fleming's program, an outgrowth of her Grammy-winning album Voice of Nature: The Anthropocene, makes an urgent case for the preservation of the world's natural wonders.

***11

Scenes from a marriage: The Brightness of Light at the NY Phil

Cameron Kelsall, 18th May

Kevin Puts' song cycle inspired by the correspondence of Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz makes its long-awaited New York debut, featuring Renée Fleming and Rod Gilfry.

***11

Renée Fleming sings Strauss favorites with Guggeis and the LPO

Mark Valencia, 5th March

Debutant conductor Thomas Guggeis filled out the programme with a creation of his own – a fusion of Tannhäuser, Lohengrin and Meistersinger.

****1

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Jenny Camilleri

After completing her postgraduate studies in psychology at the University of Toronto, Jenny moved to Amsterdam, where she enjoys singing in amateur choirs. She loves all genres of classical vocal music, especially nineteenth and early twentieth century Italian and German opera and art songs.

The many facets of Renée Fleming in recital at the Concertgebouw