Renée Fleming's luminous sound, brilliant stage presence and superb artistry are just a few of the qualities that make her one of the world's most beloved and recognizable figures. Her freshness and purity of tone, together with an exceptional musical intelligence and grace, continue to enchant audiences worldwide. As a passionate champion of creativity in the arts, she continues to be a proponent of new music and an advocate of overlooked masterpieces.

Ms. Fleming's 2007-08 season brings her to the opera houses of New York, Chicago and Vienna. She appears in two of her signature roles with the Metropolitan Opera: Violetta in La traviata, in November 2007, and Desdemona in Otello, in February 2008. She repeats La traviata for the Lyric Opera of Chicago in January 2008, and in June, she appears at the Vienna State Opera in a new production of Strauss' Capriccio. Other highlights include the 2007-08 season gala opening nights of the National Symphony Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony and the Los Angeles Philharmonic; and in November 2007, the Dallas Opera presents her in solo concert to celebrate their 50th Anniversary. This season, Renée Fleming also performs the world premiere of the song cycle Le Temps L'Horloge, written for her by Henri Dutilleux, which she debuts in September with Seiji Ozawa at the Saito Kinen Festival in Japan, and repeats in November with James Levine and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, which brings it to New York's Carnegie Hall in December. In Spring 2008, Ms. Fleming performs and records Strauss' Four Last Songs with the Munich Philharmonic under Christian Thielemann.

In addition to her work on the stage and in recordings, Renée Fleming has represented Rolex timepieces in print advertising since 2001. Among her numerous awards are the Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur by the French government (2005), which was preceded by the Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (2002); Honorary Membership in the Royal Academy of Music (2003); and a 2003 honorary doctorate from The Juilliard School, where she was also commencement speaker. A two-time Grammy winner, Ms. Fleming is an exclusive recording artist for Decca, which in November 2007 releases the Los Angeles Opera's production of La traviata on DVD, featuring Renée Fleming, Rolando Villazon and Renato Bruson. In May 2007, TDK's DVD production of Capriccio, with Ms. Fleming singing the title role, was awarded the Prix Maria Callas Orphée d'Or by the Académie du Disque Lyric, which awarded her the inaugural Prix Solti Orphée d'Or in 1996.