Soprano Renée Fleming comes to the University of Miami Frost School of Music to give her first master class in Florida on Friday, March 5, 2010 at 2 pm in the Maurice Gusman Concert Hall. Ms. Fleming will work with four talented and outstanding Frost School of Music students in this rare master class that kicks off The Frost Opera Theater Benefit Festival. Festivities continue with a Meet the Artist Reception at 4:15 pm followed by The Frost Opera Theater Benefit Concert at 7:30 pm featuring student and faculty performances. All proceeds will benefit the Department of Vocal Performance Scholarships and the Frost Opera Theater.
Benefit ticket prices are:
$250 Preferred Master Class Seating, Meet the Artist Reception, Benefit Concert
$150 Reserved Master Class Seating, Benefit Concert
$125 Master Class only
$50 Student with ID, Reserved Master Class Seating, Benefit Concert
$30 Benefit Concert only
For information and ticket reservations, please call (305) 284-4886. For further information, go to www.music.miami.edu.
Renée Fleming is one of the most beloved and celebrated musical ambassadors of our time. She continues to grace the world’s greatest opera stages and concert halls with her sumptuous voice, consummate artistry, and compelling stage presence. As a musical statesman, Ms. Fleming has performed for the United States Supreme Court, HRH The Prince of Wales at Buckingham Palace, and celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution at the invitation of Vaclav Havel. Ms. Fleming recently received her 12th Grammy Award nomination for her latest album Verismo. In a recent review of her master class at The Juilliard School, Opera News said “Renée Fleming is among the select group of artists who qualify as true master teachers….Fleming understands that if the art form she has served so well is to survive, the next generation needs to be nourished.”