tonight, a conversation with renÉe fleming.singer.nown as an opera she studied at juilliard and performed with a jazz trio. she is starring in the l.a. "ara's production of streetcar named desire." we have that right now. ♪ captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> and by contributions to your pbs station. thank you. ♪ >> the four-time grammy winner has played at the opera house in london and on sesame street. she is considered one of the finest in the world. she is performing in need l.a. opera's production of "a streetcar named desire." she is seeing the role of blanche. aria.take a look at the smell the seaan air." ♪ tavis: you have done everything with everybody at least twice. i cannot imagine what it feels like to have a piece written for you by andre. this is renÉe fleming. >> it is exciting. typically, and classical music, we present works and are trying to fit into a template created by someone else. when it is for you and you are the template, there is freedom. i can say, it would be a bette

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