André Previn’s “I Want Magic” from “A Streetcar Named Desire”: Renée Fleming
I Want Magic is a key aria from the third act of André Previn’s 1995 opera, A Streetcar Named Desire. With a libretto by Philip Littell, the work, premiered by San Francisco Opera in 1998, is based on the play of the same name by Tennessee Williams. Renée Fleming appeared in the role of Blanche Dubois, a promiscuous, aging Southern belle who escapes into a veiled fantasy world to avoid confronting the harsh realities …