San Francisco Opera Orchestra of the San Francisco Opera, André Previn (Conductor) Colin Graham (Director) San Francisco 07-1998
Renée Fleming (Blanche DuBois) (Бланш Дюбуа), Judith Forst (Eunice Hubbell), Elizabeth Futral (Stella Kowalski) (Стелла Ковальски), Rodney Gilfry (Stanley Kowalski) (Стэнли Ковальски), Matthew Lord (Steve Hubbell), Anthony Dean Giffrey (Harold Mitchell [Mitch]), Luis Oropeza (Pablo Gonzales), Jeffrey Lentz (A Young Collector), Josepha Gayer (A Mexican Woman), Ray Reinhardt (A Doctor), Lynne Soffer (A Nurse),
André Previn's score relies heavily on lush, jazz-oriented orchestration and effectively sets the mood for many of the opera's scenes. But it also tends toward a sameness that, combined with long stretches of recitative-like vocal writing, makes for a sense of lethargy that fights the drama's boiling passions. The scenes tend to start out well but loose a sense of momentum and structure, perhaps a sign of a first-time effort despite Previn's long experience with film scores and or forms of dramatic composition. Renée Fleming is never less that mesmerizing in the role, singing with that lush, opulent tone that conveys a myriad of emotions whether riding over Previn's sometimes thick, heavy orchestration or spinning a silvery filigree of sound. Fleming made Blanche a sympathetic character without denying her dark, unappealing side. As the drama builds and Blanche's world begins to crumble both within and without, Fleming made the character's desperate attempts to maintain her carefully wrought illusions truly tragic rather than merely pathetic. For the role, Previn has written some attractive solos, particularly in the second and third acts. But he has also made it an enormously long role filled with a variety of challenges and Fleming handles it all with technical assurance and musical sensitivity.
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