The Kindness of Strangers
Released: July 1, 1998Runtime: 90 min
The life of composer, conductor, pianist and Oscar-winner Andre Previn, filmed during a year which culminated in the world premiere of his first opera, A Streetcar Named Desire, in San Francisco. Wherever he went, the camera followed. To Tokyo for a concert with Kiri Te Kanawa. To Philadelphia for a teaching session in the Curtis Institute. To Tanglewood for an incredible jazz improvisation recording of Gershwin Variations. To New York to play with the Ray Brown Trio at the Blue Note Club. To Vienna with the Vienna Philharmonic. To Washington DC for a concert with the Emerson Quartet. To Boston for a conductor's masterclass with, among others, Daniel Harding. And, of course, the rehearsals and first performance of Streetcar with the incomparable Renee Fleming and director Colin Graham.
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- Renee Flemingas Blanche: 'A Streetcar Named Desire'
- Susannah Glanvilleas Blanche: 'A Streetcar Named Desire'
- Elizabeth Futralas Stella: 'A Streetcar Named Desire'
- Peggy Kriha Dyeas Stella: 'A Streetcar Named Desire'
- Rodney Gilfryas Stanley Kowalski: 'A Streetcar Named Desire'
- David Okerlandas Stanley Kowalski: 'A Streetcar Named Desire'
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Renee Fleming
as Blanche: 'A Streetcar Named Desire'
Susannah Glanville
as Blanche: 'A Streetcar Named Desire'
Elizabeth Futral
as Stella: 'A Streetcar Named Desire'
Peggy Kriha Dye
as Stella: 'A Streetcar Named Desire'
Rodney Gilfry
as Stanley Kowalski: 'A Streetcar Named Desire'
David Okerland
as Stanley Kowalski: 'A Streetcar Named Desire'
Anthony Dean Griffey
as Mitch: 'A Streetcar Named Desire'
Jay Hunter Morris
as Mitch: 'A Streetcar Named Desire'
Matthew Lord
as Steve: 'A Streetcar Named Desire'
Judith Forst
as Eunice: 'A Streetcar Named Desire'
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