Renee Fleming in Chicago

Renee Fleming makes the case for ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ opera
BY KYLE MACMILLAN
March 21, 2013 8:26PM ‘
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE’
When: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Friday and April 3; 2 p.m. April 6
Where: Civic Opera House, 20 N. Wacker
Updated: March 24, 2013 9:08PM

‘I want magic!” declares Blanche DuBois, Tennessee Williams’ tragic heroine, in the operatic adaptation of “A Streetcar Named Desire.” The read the rest of the article "Renee Fleming makes the case for A Streetcar Named Desire" opera

A Streetcar Named Desire

Renée Fleming in ‘Streetcar Named Desire,’ at Carnegie Hall
 By ANTHONY TOMMASINI
Published New York Times: March 15, 2013 
Even with her star power, the soprano Renée Fleming has never been able to entice the Metropolitan Opera into mounting the work that André Previn wrote especially for her, “A Streetcar Named Desire,” adapted from the Tennessee Williams play, with a libretto by Philip Littell. The San Francisco Opera presented the premiere in 1998, and though audiences over all were excited, the critical reaction was decidedly mixed. There have been subsequent productions at international companies. But nothing in New York.
 Full New York Times Article "Blanche Meets Stanley Anew, Reintroduced as Opera"  

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A Streetcar Named Desire - "I can smell the sea air" - Renee Fleming
   
Renee Fleming's "Magic"