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’
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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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