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Title:
A streetcar named Desire [videorecording] : an opera in three acts / a production of San Francisco Opera Association and Thirteen/WNET, RM Associates, and Deutsche Grammophon.

Call Number:
782.1 PREVIN

Publication Information :
Chatsworth, CA : Image Entertainment, [c1999], c1998.

Physical Description:
1 videodisc (166 min.) : sd., col., stereo ; 4 3/4 in.

General Note:
Libretto by Philip Littell, based on the play by Tennessee Williams.
DVD release of the opera performed in 1998 at the San Francisco Opera.
"A Streetcar Named Desire is presented in a 1.78:1 widescreen aspect ratio. Enhanced for 16X9 TVs."

Creation/Production Credits:
Colin Graham, stage director ; Michael Yeargan, designer ; Kirk Browning, director ; Andre Previn, composer and conductor ; music director, Donald Runnicles.

Performer(s):
Renee Fleming, Elizabeth Futral, sopranos ; Judith Forst, mezzo-soprano ; Anthony Dean Griffey, tenor ; Rodney Gilfry, baritone ; supporting soloists ; San Francisco Opera Orchestra.

Summary:
Blanche Dubois visits her sister and her husband Stanley, and he immediately dislikes her. Friction builds between the two of them when they are left in the apartment together.

Language:
Sung in English.

Subject Term:
Operas.

Genre Subject Term:
DVDs.

Added Author:
Littell, Philip.
Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983. Streetcar named Desire.
Browning, Kirk, 1921-
Runnicles, Donald, 1954-
Fleming, Renee.
Futral, Elizabeth.
Forst, Judith.
Griffey, Anthony.
Gilfry, Rodney.
Previn, André, 1929-
Previn, André, 1929- Streetcar named Desire.

Added Author:
San Francisco Opera. Orchestra.
San Francisco Opera.
WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
Reiner Moritz Associates.
Deutsche Grammophon (Firm)
Image Entertainment (Firm)