NEA Opera Honors: Renee Fleming on Leontyne Price

[dubonetducon]

So nice to hear Renee, whom I admire greatly, speak so positively about someone whom I adore. She and Leontyne Price are two American treasures.

[nostopsnopurgatory]

Leontyne Price is more than just a great singer. She's a great role model!

[pinkbeachloverable]

After a performance, do people who want get to meet renee fleming, or do they have to pay?

[HeidelbergSoprano]

@pinkbeachloverable No you stand forever at the back stage door but its worth it :)

[kngiht84]

@pinkbeachloverable I was at her Strauss recital in Boston. It was her birthday and I had a present for her so I went to the back door during interval and asked if I could see her. She actually came out and gave me a hug! BEST diva on the planet :)

[pinkbeachloverable]

@kngiht84 yes, but traditionally, do you have to have like a backstage pass or something?

[eam886]

Thank you so much for uploading this. Renee doesn't even have to sing and I'm completely and utterly enamored. She is gorgeous to watch. She speaks with such knowledge, articulation, emotion and passion. She is stunning.

[jhutch1463]

I remember when her blue album blessed us. Her La Rondine aria was just astounding. I met her briefly at the old Lions Head in Atlanta after a performance of the Met. Oh Yes....

[Urcheon]

That was just lovely. Ms. Fleming is so gracious and well spoken!

[higharch]

I knew when I first heard Renee Fleming sing that she was listening to a muse that most other people never heard. She always made me stop and listen to what she was doing. I always thought no one ever wedded voice to music and text in such a wondrous way since Price was singing. Both sopranos so unique and both so different. Thank you great singer for voicing your spot on appreciation of Price's glorious singing.

[Od3tt301]

It's really wonderful to listen to Renee Fleming's interviews!

[bigdigger87]

She sounds so smart and eloquent. I wish I could speak to Leontyne Price on a regular basis