Renée Fleming to Sing ‘Streetcar’ at Los Angeles Opera

Associated Press Renée Fleming with Rodney Gilfry in the 1998 production of “A Streetcar Named Desire” at the San Francisco Opera.

Woody Allen brought a reimagined Blanche DuBois â€" in the form of Cate Blanchett’s Jasmine French â€" to the streets of San Francisco this summer in his film “Blue Jasmine.” Another Blanche is heading to California next spring: the Los Angeles Opera announced Wednesday that Renée Fleming would reprise the role, which she created, in three semi-staged performances of André Previn’s opera of “A Streetcar Named Desire.”

Ms. Fleming created the role of Blanche in 1998 when the San Francisco Opera gave the premiere of Mr. Previn’s “Streetcar,” his operatic adaptation of the Tennessee Williams play. This year she has sung Blanche in semi-staged performances at Carnegie Hall and at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.

Plácido Domingo, the Los Angeles Opera’s general director, said in a statement that he was “thrilled” that the company would be able to present Ms. Fleming “in an increasingly rare operatic performance, especially since the role of Blanche DuBois was tailored specifically for her extraordinary talents.’’ The three performances, set to be conducted by Patrick Summers, will be held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles on May 18, May 21 and May 24.