Tennessee Williams goes full diva — and Renée Fleming breaks your heart in HD.
As Blanche’s fragile world crumbles, she turns to her sister Stella for solace – but her downward spiral brings her face to face with the brutal, unforgiving Stanley Kowalski. This is the world premiere performance by the San Francisco Opera on September 19, 1998.
Acting
Fleming's Blanche: technically perfect, devastatingly broken.
Direction
Browning captures live opera intimacy without killing the stage.
Production
Steam literally rises. French Quarter humidity you can taste.
Director
Kirk Browning
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
André Previn composed this specifically for Fleming after hearing her sing Strauss; she called it 'the role that changed my life.'
This 1998 broadcast helped pioneer 'Metropolitan Opera HD' style live cinema, proving opera could survive on screen without losing its soul.
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