Great Performances

American Voices with Renée Fleming

This star-studded, 90-minute performance documentary offers an overview of the Kennedy Center’s American Voices festival, which was created and hosted by Renée Fleming in November of 2013. Follow vocal masters, industry titans, and emerging artists as they explore and debate the legacy and future of American singing. Singers include Fleming, Eric Owens, Dianne Reeves, Alison Krauss and more.

Preview American Voices, with Renée Fleming

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World-renowned American opera singer Renée Fleming convenes a festival of special guests to celebrate the diverse range of America’s vocal artistry. Young artists receive mentoring from respected singers including Ben Folds, Dianne Reeves, Sutton Foster, Eric Owens, Kim Burrell and Alison Krauss. Also see performances by Josh Groban, Sara Bareilles and Norm Lewis.

Previews + Extras

  • Renée Fleming Sings "Danny Boy" at American Voices Concert: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Renée Fleming Sings "Danny Boy" at American Voices Concert

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    Acclaimed opera soprano Renée Fleming sings "Danny Boy," a song dear to Irish Americans, at the American Voices Concert at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. The performance was part of the weekend-long American Voices festival that Fleming produced and led. The documentary American Voices with Renée Fleming airs Friday, January 9 at 9 pm on PBS (check local listings).

  • Sutton Foster Sings "Anything Goes" - American Voices: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Sutton Foster Sings "Anything Goes" - American Voices

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    Sutton Foster, who has won Tony Awards for her leading roles in the musicals Thoroughly Modern Millie and Anything Goes, talks about her belated voice training and performs Cole Porter's "Anything Goes" at the American Voices Concert. The documentary American Voices with Renée Fleming airs Friday, January 9 at 9 pm on PBS (check local listings).

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