<page_title> Renée Fleming </page_title> <section_title> Repertory </section_title> <table> <cell> 1994 <col_header> Year (debut) </col_header> </cell> <cell> Desdemona <col_header> Role </col_header> </cell> <cell> Verdi <col_header> Composer </col_header> </cell> <cell> Otello <col_header> Opera </col_header> </cell> <cell> Metropolitan Opera <col_header> Location </col_header> </cell> <cell> 1994 <col_header> Year (debut) </col_header> </cell> <cell> Ellen Orford <col_header> Role </col_header> </cell> <cell> Britten <col_header> Composer </col_header> </cell> <cell> Peter Grimes <col_header> Opera </col_header> </cell> <cell> Metropolitan Opera <col_header> Location </col_header> </cell> </table>
During the 1994 season, Fleming sang her first Desdemona in Verdi's Otello and her first Ellen Orford in Britten's Peter Grimes, both with the Metropolitan Opera.