Renee Fleming Somewhere Over the Rainbow

[@celloguy]

Absolutely breathtaking singing. So heartfelt, and an unutterably beautiful arrangement

[@emilcid2578]

I've been listening to this arrangement since 2007. This video was gone for awhile here on KZbin. I loved how she interpreted this song with an embellishment of classical and jazz. Plus her phrasing here was exceptional. Her breathing as well here was impressive. This concert was staged in China in 2007. Thanks for the beautiful music, Renée!

[@greatmomentsofopera7170]

Agreed! Absolutely ravishing, that silken legato spinning diamonds in the air, and so heartfelt. It's her best performance of this piece.

[@MrSean22919]

Emil Junnine Cid you are very cute 😍🌝

[@emilcid2578]

@@MrSean22919 Thank you!

[@janetflier6192]

Wonderful!!

[@sophiashiliagova7883]

Какая молодчина Рене! У неё очень красивый голос в исполнении Over the Rainbow

[@greatmomentsofopera7170]

Thanks for putting this on KZbin again! Wonderful arrangement and performance of this old favourite.

[@janetflier6192]

Better than Judy Garland!!!

[@roccosophie6498]

You just can't make this kind of talent up. Just like the original with Judy Garland, this is magnificent.

[@fernandoserafim3539]

Simplesmente maravilhosa! Isto é saber cantar e interpretar. Bravissima Renée Fleming!

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

She can literally add a touch of Gospel to spice it up

[@SAI03]

What a beautiful arrangement! Who composed this??????? 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@JWP452]

C+

[@paulgreen6921]

“Her red is so confident it flashes trophies of war and ribbons of of euphoria?” PWG

[@jel1955jel]

Renée Fleming is a great artist, and she understands the American Songbook; but I think something was going on here. She's not letting the words and music do what they would naturally do if she just sang the song. This was the era of all those singing competition shows on American TV, so maybe she was caught up in all that over-ornamentation craze that was around in pop music at the time. In the end this performance of one of the most soulful songs ever produced by Tin Pan Alley greats is flat and soulless.

[@paulgreen6921]

She “Knows whereof she affirms!” You know? PWG

[@tedl7538]

Yikes. Thank God Mr. Arlen wasn't around to hear that disturbingly bombastic rendering. And by the way, for the sake of respectful attribution, the song is written by Harold Arlen AND E.Y. Harburg, and its correct title is simply "Over the Rainbow."🌈

[@celloguy]

Bombastic? What a bizarre word choice. Some people can’t hear beauty even when it’s there just sitting there for them

[@danielngongo8228]

I want to make sure that Renee Fleming knows that this rendition sucks since yt decided to remove dislike counts

[@janetflier6192]

Better than Judy Garland!!!

[@alanclayton4892]

N E V E R E V E R E V E R

[@janetflier6192]

@@alanclayton4892 Sorry! I never liked Judy Garland’s voice! I LOVE Ms. Fleming’s voice!!

[@yogajedi3337]

Sorry, this gal was horrible.

[@janetflier6192]

@@yogajedi3337 You’ve got a lot of nerve calling the world’s most popular soprano “Horrible”! Perhaps not my favorite rendition of “Over the Rainbow”, but certainly not horrible!

[@yogajedi3337]

@@janetflier6192 Only trained opera singers are able to ruin such a musical work.

[@unclelouie3828]

Perfect example of how to ruin a song!!

[@spiritosa0123]

Not. Her. Forte.

[@bluecrownblue]

I love Renee Fleming, but good Lord, this is just a dreadful, overreaching mess. Dreadful. And if you think this eclipses Judy Garland's raw, poignant original, please take a walk in the woods or spend some time staring at the sunset on a lovely, lonely evening, cause you is out of touch.

[@kedemberger8773]

I agree. Absolutely horrible. Try Eileen Farrell - she was an opera singer who could sing show tunes and jazz simply and beautifully.

[@chocolatesouljah]

@@kedemberger8773 I haven't heard Ms. Farrell sing "Rainbow" but her version of the show tune "Mountain Greenery" is definitive in my opinion. And her opera singing was incredible! I think the reason why Farrell was good at pop/show tunes was she was very comfortable/developed in her chest voice and her popular tunes voice sounds like a different person from her operatic chest voice. In pop music she sounds "smoky" for lack of better wording.

[@kedemberger8773]

@@chocolatesouljah she was just a helluva artist, one of the most sensitive musicians I've ever heard on record. Always intensely musical in phrasing, style, text, whatever. The technique helps for sure, but without the warmth, humanity and sheer musicianship it wouldve been just fine instead of gorgeous. Her early Irish songs for the radio are a blessing. Her French Song is radiant and intimate, her Ozean is the best I've ever heard. Try locating the film Interrupted Melody, soap biopic starring Eleanor Parker about the legendary Marjorie Lawrence. That's where Farrell sings Over the Rainbow.

[@irasaposnik6511]

My chriopodist is better

[@yogajedi3337]

When you want ruin any great music, send in a trained opera singer.