A studio portrait of opera singer Renée Fleming against a solid grey background. They have shoulder-length blonde hair and are smiling warmly at the camera. They are wearing an elegant off-the-shoulder gown made of layered cream and black sheer fabric
Renée Fleming Credit: Marvin Joseph / c/o Straz Center

Renée Fleming is among the artists who resigned after Trump’s takeover of Washington D.C.’s Kennedy Center where she was an Artistic Advisor at Large. “I hope the Kennedy Center continues to flourish and serve the passionate and diverse audience in our nation’s capital and across the country,” she wrote on social media.

The soprano arrives at the Straz Center on the Hillsborough River with her Grammy-winning Covid-19 project, “Voice of Nature: The Anthropocene,” which was borne of time spent outdoors. While the concert carries a cover charge, the 66-year-old will also have a no-cover “Music and Mind Panel Discussion” the day before. 

Tickets to see Renée Fleming play Ferguson Hall at David A. Straz Center for the Performing Arts in Tampa on Wednesday, Jan. 14 are still available and start at $49 before fees.

Opera Tampa: Renée Fleming

Time Wed., Jan. 14, 7:30 p.m.

Location David A. Straz Center – Ferguson Hall, 1010 N W C Macinnes Pl, Tampa

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This article appears in Jan. 01 – 07, 2026.

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...