(omg what?? Renée is going to sing Rossini's William Tell Overture?!)
Czech out this endearing interview from Eugene, Oregon's The Register-Guard with Renée Fleming. The soprano will be visiting Oregon this Monday, May 14 in celebration of Israel's Independence Day!!!! j/k j/k. She's just going to be hanging out, and doing her thang. Her soprano recital thang. With the Eugene Symphony Orchestra.
In the telephone interview, Renée quotes "Spamalot", addresses the 1998 La Scala booing incident that flung her from stage, and YouTube:
Question: Where does opera fit, in a world with YouTube?
Answer: Scenes from Onegin were on there before the PBS broadcast. Pretty much everything we do of interest ends up on YouTube the next day. I find that's an added pressure, because you can't go anywhere without being on someone's cell phone camera.
Question: Have you ever been captured off-stage on YouTube? Like shopping or something?
Answer: Not that I know of. Oh, God, that's a scary thought. No, no, no, no. I wouldn't want that.
*puts on pants*
*whips out cam*
*films me typing this post*
*uploads it to YouTube 2mrrw morning*
*basks in glory of YouTube fame...pwns lonelygirl15*