Featured Performers

• Renée Fleming, soprano

Program

• Hazel DICKENS: “Pretty Bird”
• Georg Frideric HANDEL: “Care Selve” from Atalanta
• Nico MUHLY: “Endless Space”
• Joseph CANTELOUBE: “Bailero” from Songs of the Auvergne
• Maria SCHNEIDER: “Our Finch Feeder” from Winter Morning Walks
• Björk: “All is Full of Love”
• Sergie RACHMANINOFF: Moments Musicaux No. 4
• Howard SHORE: “Twilight and Shadow” from Lord of the Rings
• Kevin PUTS: “Evening”
• Curtis GREEN: “Red Mountains Sometimes Cry”
• Burt BACHARACH: “What the World Needs Now”
• Gabriel FAURÉ: “Au Bord De L’eau”
• Gabriel FAURÉ: “Les Berceaux”
• Edvard GRIEG: “Lauf Der Welt”
• Edvard GRIEG: “Zur Rosenzeit”
• Giacomo PUCCINI: “O mio babbino caro” from Gianni Schicchi
• Jerome Kern: “All the Things You Are”
• Andrew Lippa: The Diva

Grammy-winning soprano Renée Fleming draws inspiration from the vivid imagery of nature's beauty and the urgent need to protect our planet in Voice of Nature: The Anthropocene. This program seamlessly blends timeless classical works with modern compositions, reflecting our evolving relationship with the environment. 

Expanding on her 2023 Grammy Award-winning album of the same name, Fleming, in collaboration with National Geographic, celebrates the wonder of the natural world while underscoring its fragility. Through music and stunning visuals from National Geographic, experience a moving tribute to nature as both our muse and our responsibility. 

One of the most beloved and celebrated musical ambassadors of our time, soprano Renée Fleming captivates audiences with her sumptuous voice, consummate artistry, and compelling stage presence. Known as “the people’s diva,” she continues to grace the world’s greatest opera stages and concert halls, now extending her reach to include other musical forms and media.

Winner of four Grammy awards and the recipient of the U.S. National Medal of Arts, she has sung for momentous occasions from the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony to the Diamond Jubilee Concert for Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace. In 2014, Renée brought her voice to a vast new audience as the first classical artist ever to sing the National Anthem at the Super Bowl.

Fleming’s still got it – her solos are sublime and her elegance palpable.

The Stage

Fleming’s voice floats and blooms with its customary beauty.

New Yorker

She is the go-to soprano for world leaders, royals and Broadway musicals...the great barrier-busting Renée Fleming

The Guardian

Sponsors

Major support for this performance is provided by Elizabeth Segerstrom and the Henry T. and Elizabeth Segerstrom Foundation