People's Diva Renée Fleming Singing Canned National Anthem with New Jersey Symphony for Super (Weed) Bowl XLVIII

We here in "New York City" are "lucky" enough to play host to Sunday's Super Bowl XLVIII, featuring intellectual thug Richard Sherman and Skittle-loving beast Marshawn Lynch of the Seattle Seahawks inevitably losing to Peyton "Ad Man" Manning's Denver Broncos.

More accurately, though, it's the Garden State that will see all the action of the first-ever "Weed Bowl" at New Jersey's MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford.

Get a room, why don'tcha?

In the midst of America's most popular sporting event, Bruno Mars and the Chili Peppers' half-time show, pot willing, may prove to be a must-see.

Of course, as the non-sporting news has told us, the National Anthem may be more worth our time.

Why? Renée Fleming, one of the most highly regarded sopranos in the world, will be singing "The Star-Spangled Banner"...to a tape made by the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra.

Again, it will be the first time in the National Football League's history that an opera singer will perform America's theme song.

So, do tune into the Super Bowl this Sunday to catch NFL history with Renée Fleming singing live (albeit to a recording of) the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra.

Apropos, here is the "People's Diva" in a rendition of Vincenzo Bellini's "Casta Diva."

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