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Renee Fleming and Patrick Summers at the Helm of the Opera Program

Aspen Public Radio | By Chris Mohr
Published July 13, 2026 at 10:21 AM MDT
Renee Fleming and friends after the Thomas Hampson recital.
Renee Fleming and friends after the Thomas Hampson recital.

Superstar soprano Renee Fleming is back in Aspen for her fifth year co-directing with Houston Grand Opera director Patrick Summer the Artists of Aspen Opera Theatre and Vocal Arts Program, with internationally talented young opera singers. Renee also talks abouyt her debut at the recent Telluride Bluegrass Festival with Bela Fleck, and Patrick talks about his plans now that he has stepped down from HGO.
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Chris Mohr
Classical music reporter Chris Mohr has loved classical music since he was twelve. “And I owe it all to radio,” Chris explains. “I grew up in a farm town east of Cleveland. One day I turned on the local classical radio station. They were playing Vivaldi, and it was like the gates of heaven opened up to me!" Chris is also a composer, and is working on a 53-note-to-the-octave oratorio, "Melodies of the Shoreless Sea." This is his 11th summer working for Aspen Public Radio.
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