WBEZ Archives: Studs Terkel And Opera Singer Renée Fleming Talk Jazz And ‘Streetcar’


WBEZ Archives: Studs Terkel And Opera Singer Renée Fleming Talk Jazz And ‘Streetcar’
Originally aired March 23, 1998.
Studs Terkel interviewed opera singer Renée Fleming while she was preparing for the premiere of an operatic version of A Streetcar Named Desire. She talks about American music, her history as a jazz singer, and her experience balancing family with a career in opera.
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