Esta película de Tony Palmer es un formidable documento de la vida de una de las sopranos estadounidenses más excelsas del presente. El documental incluye numerosos clips de la artista cantando selectas obras del repertorio clásico. Entre ellas;
Dvorák: O Silver Moon from Rusalka
Bernstein: Tonight from West Side Story
Lehár: Merry Widow Duet from The Merry Widow
Mascagni: Cherry Duet from L´Amico Fritz
Bizet: Habanera from Carmen
Rodgers & Hammerstein: You´ll Never Walk Alone from Carousel
Rachmaninov: How Fair This Place
Verdi: The Willow Song from Otello
Herbert: Marietta´s Lied from Naughty Marietta

Reportajes
Renée Fleming
Rachelle (Renée´s sister)
Patricia (Renée´s mother)
Edwin (Renée´s father)
Steve Disson (producer of ¨Divas on Ice¨)
Alberto Vilar (opera philanthropist)
Sir Peter Hall (conductor)

Material adicional:
Menu Animation & Audio

Featurette-Vignettes (6)
La Diva Renée (8:59) - Daniel Boulud of ¨Daniel¨ restaurant and his pastry chef Johnny describes how a chocolate cake named after Renée is made, together with her singing Manon by Jules Massenet
Vocal beginnings (11:29) - Renée talks, and sings, of her childhood in Churchville, high school, musical education, and how her career started, together with her singing Porgi amor from The Marriage of Figaro by W.A. Mozart
From Classics to Jazz (6:39) - Renée talks about her childhood jazz influences from her father and singing jazz standards, together with her singing In A Sentimental Mood accompanied by Daniel Baremboim on the piano, and It Don´t Mean A Thing accompanied by piano and bass
Dressing and dreaming (10:47) -Renée talks about her feelings performing, and acting on stage, together with excerpts of Renée performing Summertime from Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin, Un Bel Di from Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini, and Chi il bel sogno from La Rondine by Giacomo Puccini
Rehearsal and recital (8:07) - Renée talks about reciting her duets with pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, and features her singing Oh, Do Not Sing To Me ... by Sergei Rachmaninoff
Strauss and the soprano (9:58) - Renée talks about the difficulty and challenge of singing Richard Strauss operas, featuring her singing an excerpt from Marschallin´s Monologue in Act I of Der Rosenkavalier, and Beim Schlafengehen from Four Last Songs.

Discography-Renee Fleming on CD (with samples)
Trailer-14
Booklet

Renée Fleming soprano

Tony Palmer dirección de filmación

Extensión de la grabación: 122 minutos

Idioma: inglés
Subtítulos: español, francés, inglés, alemán, italiano

Fecha de edición: 2002