Renee Fleming is apologetic that she had to cancel her May 2026 concerts with the NSO because of a conflict in her schedule. In the line, which appears on the Web site of the Kennedy Center, it seems as though it were the usual housekeeping of the calendar.

Renée Fleming and a children's theater production inspired by Bruce Lee have withdrawn from the Kennedy Center, as scrutiny intensifies around the San Francisco Ballet.

The soprano, who previously resigned as an artistic adviser, was scheduled to sing with the National Symphony Orchestra in May.

The Kennedy Center has lost another one of the few remaining stars on its 2026 schedule, as the legendary soprano Renée Fleming has dropped out of an appearance at the embattled venue previously scheduled for May.

Grammy Award-winning opera singer Renée Fleming will no longer participate in a pair of symphony performances at the Kennedy Center this spring, according to a message on the center’s website. Fleming was scheduled to appear with the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) on May 29-30 in a program titled “Appalachian Spring,