| Trouble in Tahiti | |
|---|---|
| Opera by Leonard Bernstein | |
 Bernstein in 1971 | |
| Librettist | Leonard Bernstein |
| Language | English |
| Premiere | 12 June 1952 |
Trouble in Tahiti is a one-act opera in seven scenes composed by Leonard Bernstein with an English libretto by the composer. It is the darkest among Bernstein's "musicals", and one of only two for which he wrote the words and the music. (He also wrote the lyrics for the 1950 production of Peter Pan.)[1] Trouble in Tahiti received its first performance on 12 June 1952 at Bernstein's Festival of the Creative Arts on the campus of Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts, to an audience of nearly 3,000 people. The NBC Opera Theatre subsequently presented the opera on television in November 1952, a production which marked mezzo-soprano Beverly Wolff's professional debut in the role of Dinah.[2] Wolff later reprised the role in the New York City Opera's first staging of the work in 1958. The original work is about 40 minutes long.
- ^ "Peter Pan". leonardbernstein.com. Archived from the original on December 25, 2018. Retrieved January 7, 2019.
- ^ Ross Parmenter (November 17, 1952). "Bernstein Opera on Video Theatre; Trouble in Tahiti, One-Act Work Presented by N. B. C., Deals With Suburbia". The New York Times. Archived from the original on July 22, 2018. Retrieved July 23, 2018.