A Streetcar Named Desire is an opera composed by André Previn with a libretto by Philip Littell in 1995. It is based on the play by Tennessee Williams and received its premiere at the San Francisco Opera during the 1998-99 season.
As noted by Bernard Holland in his review in the New York Times of 21 September 1998,
A Streetcar Named Desire is so operatic as a play that one wonders why more than 50 years have passed since its Broadway opening with...
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A Streetcar Named Desire
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André Previn
André George Previn KBE (born Andreas Ludwig Priwin, April 6, 1929, Berlin, Germany) is a German-born American pianist, conductor, and composer. He is a winner of several Academy Awards for his film work and Grammy Awards for his recordings.
Previn was born to a German Jewish family, although the...
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A Streetcar Named Desire
A Streetcar Named Desire is a 1947 play written by American playwright Tennessee Williams for which he received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1947. The play opened on Broadway on December 3, 1947, and closed on December 17, 1949, in the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. The Broadway production was...
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