A Streetcar Named Desire (thing)

A Streetcar Named Desire

An Opera in three acts

Commissioned by the San Francisco Opera

Music by Andre Previn
Libretto by Philip Littell
Based on the play by Tennessee Williams

Premiere: War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, September 1998

Cast

Blanche DuBois - Renee Fleming
Stanley Kowalski - Rodney Gilfry
Stella Kowalski - Elizabeth Futral
Harold Mitchell (Mitch) - Anthony Dean Griffey
Eunice Hubbell - Judith Forst
Steve Hubbell - Matthew Lord
A Young Collector - Jeffery Lentz
A Flower Woman - Josepha Gayer
A Nurse - Lynne Soffer
A Doctor - Ray Reinhardt

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An interesting anecdote about this opera is that the librettist did little writing of original text on his own. Almost all of the text in this opera comes directly from William's play. There are many cuts however, because if the entire four hour play were to be completely set to music, it would be as long as Saint Francios d'Assise by Messiaen