Reverbiage: Stories from NPR tagged 'fleming'

Renee Fleming: 'Four Last Songs' Of Strauss

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 05:00:00 EDT

Four Last Songs, by German composer Richard Strauss, is a song cycle marked by the awareness and acceptance of death. A new recording captures world-famous soprano Renee Fleming as she sings his last pieces for a second time — this time with a new direction.

Andrew Fleming and Pam Brady: Making 'Hamlet 2'

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:07:00 EDT

The two collaborated on the new Steve Coogan comedy, about a failed actor and overzealous drama teacher who mounts a musical sequel to Shakespeare's most famous tragedy.

Henry Fleming, Reluctantly Wearing The 'Red Badge'

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:52:00 EDT

When Henry Fleming joins the Union Army, he's got big ideas of what glorious battles await him. He's eager to impress his friends and a brown-haired girl he likes. But soon he questions himself — and his courage.

Celebrating the Ian Fleming Centennial

Sat, 31 May 2008 12:03:00 EDT

Ian Fleming, the writer who invented the immortal character James Bond, would have been 100 years old this week. He died in 1964. Scott Simon talks to Simon Winder, author of a book about Fleming's life and colorful career.

New Exhibit Honors 007 Creator Ian Fleming

Tue, 27 May 2008 08:22:00 EDT

A new exhibition in London celebrates the work of author Ian Fleming and the character he created — the quintessential Cold War secret agent, James Bond. Fleming based 007 on his experiences in the British Naval Intelligence.

Book World Loses Narrator Kate Fleming

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 12:15:00 EST

Kate Fleming, one of the country's most talented narrators of audio books, died last week. Fleming drowned after rainwater from a severe storm flooded her basement studio.

Renee Fleming, Singing Porter's 'So in Love'

Tue, 02 May 2006 09:18:00 EDT

Soprano Renee Fleming delights an audience in Buffalo with a surprise performance of Cole Porter's "So in Love" from the musical Kiss Me Kate. Conductor JoAnn Falletta and the Buffalo Philharmonic back her up at Kleinhans Hall.

Jazz Pianist Brad Mehldau with Renee Fleming

Tue, 06 Sep 2005 00:00:00 EDT

Pianist Brad Mehldau and reigning American soprano Renee Fleming present a concert of surprises, including a new commission from Carnegie Hall based on the work of German poet Rainer Maria Rilke.

Civil Rights Reporter Karl Fleming: 'Son of the Rough South'

Tue, 19 Jul 2005 00:00:00 EDT

Journalist Karl Fleming's new book is Son of the Rough South: An Uncivil Memoir. As a civil rights reporter for Newsweek in the 1960s, he wrote about major events such as the Birmingham church bombing, the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., and the murders of three civil rights workers in Philadelphia, Miss. While at the 1966 riots in the Watts section of Los Angeles, Fleming was severely beaten.

Renée Fleming: 'Haunted Heart'

Fri, 03 Jun 2005 00:00:00 EDT

Lyric soprano Renée Fleming is a familiar face on the world's greatest opera stages, but on her latest CD, Haunted Heart, she makes a leap to the worlds of jazz, pop and folk. She talks with NPR's Fred Child about her foray into non-operatic territory.

'Rough South': Chronicles of L.A.'s Violent Past

Wed, 01 Jun 2005 00:00:00 EDT

Karen Grigsby Bates tours the South Los Angeles neighborhood of Watts with journalist Karl Fleming, who was nearly beaten to death during a racial protest in the summer of 1966. Fleming's new book details his time reporting on the civil rights movement during the turbulent 1960s.

Renée Fleming: 'The Inner Voice'

Thu, 06 Jan 2005 00:00:00 EST

For most opera critics and fans today, America's reigning soprano is Renée Fleming. In her new autobiography The Inner Voice, Fleming offers a candid, behind-the-scenes look at the life of an opera singer. She talk's with NPR's Fred Child.