| A Quiet Place | |
|---|---|
| Opera by Leonard Bernstein | |
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| Librettist | Stephen Wadsworth |
| Language | English |
| Premiere | 17 June 1983 |
A Quiet Place is a 1983 American opera with music by Leonard Bernstein and a libretto by Stephen Wadsworth. It is a sequel to Bernstein's 1951 opera Trouble in Tahiti.
In its original form, A Quiet Place was in one act. Bernstein spoke of it as having a Mahlerian four-section structure.[1] The premiere, conducted in Houston by John DeMain on June 17, 1983, was a double bill: Trouble in Tahiti, intermission, A Quiet Place.
In its three-act form, act 2 largely consisted of Trouble in Tahiti in flashback. This form appeared in 1984, with John Mauceri conducting in Milan and Washington. It was refined in 1986 for Vienna, where a recording was made and the composer himself conducted.
- ^ "The Frenzy of 'A Quiet Place'". The Washington Post. 17 June 1983. Retrieved 28 August 2018.