David Garland explores Leonard Bernstein's opera/musical hybrid from 1952, "Trouble in Tahiti."
Bernstein on Bernstein: Trouble in Tahiti
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Bernstein on Bernstein: Trouble in Tahiti
Trouble in Tahiti at amazon.com
Trouble in Tahiti
Before "West Side Story," there was "Trouble in Tahiti," Leonard Bernstein's semi-autobiographical foray into "vernacular" American opera. David Garland provides insight into one of Bernstein's lesser-known (but forward-looking) works — and we take a look at its sequel, written 30 years later, "A Quiet Place."
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