For opera lovers, An Evening with Renรฉe Fleming is a once-in-a-lifetime event. (It comes with a once-in-a-lifetime price tag, but weย’ll get to that in a minute.) Perhaps the most captivating singer since Maria Callas, the Grammy Award-winning Flemingย’s intimate performance, a fund-raiser for Rice Universityย’s School of Opera, includes solo recital selections and a short program of works accompanied by the schoolย’s orchestra. Itย’s an operaphileย’s dream. Thereย’s just one little catch: Tickets start at $1,000. 7 p.m. Stude Concert Hall, Rice University, 6100 Main. For information, call 713-348-3492 or visit www.music.rice.edu. $1,000 and up.


Thu., Feb. 19, 7 p.m., 2009

This article appears in Feb 19-25, 2009.