Renée Fleming

"America's Beautiful Voice", soprano Renée Fleming has a devoted international following wherever she appears, whether on the operatic stage, in concert or recital, on television, radio or on disc. 1999 brought a Grammy Award for her Decca recording, The Beautiful Voice which follows honours from Musical America (1997 Vocalist of the Year) and L'Academie du Disque Lyrique (1996, inaugural Solti Prize). Renée Fleming has been an exclusive recording artist with Decca since 1995. Sir Georg Solti, who conducted Renée Fleming's first solo aria recording for Decca, described the impact of her singing; "Quite apart from the sheer lyrical beauty of voice, she has an innate musicianship which makes every performance a great joy."

Renée Fleming's career has been built on success across a wide range of musical styles and this unparalleled diversity of excellence is reflected in her Decca recordings. Her recent releases illustrate perfectly just how varied are the roles and music that she likes to perform. The recording of one of her signature roles, Rusalka, made with Ben Heppner and the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras was released in Autumn 1998 to great international acclaim. Rusalka won awards such as two Gramophone Awards (as 'Record of the Year' and best 'Opera'), the Edison Award (Netherlands) and the Caecilia Award (Belgium)." Her other autumn 1998 release was "I Want Magic". This album, recorded in New