Get Your Divas While They’re Hot

By Rachelle Bowden in Arts & Entertainment on Dec 8, 2004 2:58AM

Opera fans and diva fanatics rejoice: megastar Renée Fleming is scheduled to land for a meet, greet & dine on Monday, Dec. 13, at the Union League Club. Sponsored by the ULC Authors Group, America’s Favorite Soprano (we trust Ohio didn’t tally the votes on that one) will be on hand to promote her new autobiography “The Inner Voice: The Making of a Singer.” (We’d like to subtitle that subtitle with “And She’s Not Kidding”; this slim volume is deep on technique and way shallow on tantrums. You’ll have to try the new Pavarotti bio for bad behavior and backstage dirt.)

La Fleming hasn’t graced Chicago’s Lyric Opera in a full-length role since 2002’s “Thaïs,” but she opened their 50th anniversary gala in October and made stops at Symphony Center and Ravinia earlier this year. She’s been dipping deep into Handel of late, with her new very red album and last week’s hot-ticket premiere of “Rodelinda” at the Metropolitan Opera in NYC.

Registration deadline is Dec. 9, so you’d best hop to it. Call the Book Stall at Chestnut Court at 847-446-8880 for reservations; your $45 buys you dinner, an interview, and a book signing. 

Thanks, Kari