LO, HOW A ROSE E'RE BLOOMING 

Renée Fleming, opera superstar, honorary m ember of the Royal Academy of Music and three-time GRAMMY Award-winner, joined the Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square for the 2005 concert. Renowned for her exquisite voice, stylistic versatility and captivating stage presence, Renée Fleming performed 'Lo, How a Rose E’re Blooming,' accompanied by the Tabernacle Coir.

Since winning the Metropolitan Opera Auditions in 1988, Fleming has achieved great success, and has developed a voice that is acclaimed worldwide as the gold standard of soprano sound. She has performed with companies such as the Metropolitan Opera, the Seattle Opera, Houston Grand Opera and the San Francisco Opera. She has recorded numerous albums and performed around the globe. On February 2, 2014, Fleming became the first opera singer ever to sing the national anthem at the Super Bowl.

Lo, how a Rose e’er blooming
From tender stem hath sprung!
Of Jesse’s lineage coming,
As men of old have sung.
It came, a flow’ret bright,
Amid the cold of winter,
When half spent was the night.

Isaiah ’twas foretold it,
The Rose I have in mind;
With Mary we behold it,
The virgin mother kind.
To show God’s love aright,
She bore to men a Savior,
When half spent was the night.

This Flow’r, whose fragrance tender
With sweetness fills the air,
Dispels with glorious splendor
The darkness everywhere.
True man, yet very God,
From sin and death He saves us,
And lightens every load.