For his first opera, noted composer Andre Previn collaborated with librettist Phillip Littell for this adaptation of Tennessee Williams Pulitzer Prize-winning drama about Blanche DuBois, an emotionally fragile woman who is forced to confront the real world by her brutal and vulgar brother-in-law Stanley Kowalski. Taped during its premiere engagement presented by The San Francisco Opera Company, this production of A Streetcar Named Desire stars Renee Fleming as Blanche, Rodney Gilfry as Stanley, and Elizabeth Futral as Stella. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide