Renee Fleming is the First Opera Singer To Sing Star Spangled Banner At Super Bowl. The National Anthem 2014 will be sang by an opera singer for the first time in Super bowl history! Renee Fleming will be using her super pipes to belt out the anthem opening up for the most watched football game of the year. At MetLife Stadium on Feb.2, the Super Bowl will kick off with the four time Grammy winner opera singer belting out the Star Spangled banner. The 2013 Super Bowl was watched by more than 164 million viewers in the U.S. so Fleming better be ready to sing her heart out! She certainly is very talented as seen on the video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dICl3PZDWA. She's also known to be one of the more approachable Opera singers with a sweet demeanor and wicked sense oh humor. The NFL has always chosen more mainstream performers to sing the national anthem for the Super Bowl. Alicia Keys, Kelly Clarkson, Christina Aguilera, Carrie Underwood and Jennifer Hudson sang the Star Spangled banner at the last five Super Bowls in a row. Having an unknown opera singer is a big move for the NFL. This isn't Fleming's first huge event to sing at. The 54-year-old opera singer also performed at President Obama's first Inaugural celebration in 2009 and at Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee in June 2012. On February 2, 2014, MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, will host Super Bowl XLVIII. SO it is appropriate that Fleming be the first opera singer to perform as she lives in New York. Fleming performs at New York venues and is currently starring in Rusalka at the Metropolitan Opera. After winning their respective conference championship games, the Seahawks and Broncos will meet in a showdown of the greats in Super Bowl XLVIII. It isn't uncommon for people to bet on how long the national anthem will last during the biggest football game of the year. Males and females aloke place bets on almost anything during the big day. Will an opera star singing change the length of the anthem? Opera music usually stretches out lines so will this be any different. Better start investigating now!