Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)
Trouble in Tahiti (1951)
one-act opera for voices and orchestra
stage work
- General information
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Composition date:
1951
- Duration: 45 mn
- Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
- Dedication: à Marc Blitzstein
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Libretto (details, author):
livret par Leonard Bernstein.
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Composition date:
1951
- Type
- Vocal music and instrument(s) [2 solo voices or more and orchestra]
Detailed formation
- soloists: mezzo-soprano, solo bass-baritone, soprano [ou mezzo, trio jazz] , tenor [ténor haut, trio jazz] , solo baritone [baryton haut, trio jazz]
- 2 flutes (also piccolo), 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussionist, harp, violin, second violin, viola, cello, double bass
Premiere information
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Date:
12 June 1952
Location:États-Unis, Waltham, Brandeis University Festival of the Creative Arts
Performers:Nell Tangeman, David Atkinson, Constance Brigham, Robert Kole, Claude Heater : voix, Elliot Silverstein : mise en scène, direction : Leonard Bernstein.
Observations
- Cet opéra a été inclus dans A Quiet Place.
- Il existe une version pour petit ensemble et une version pour orchestre réduit, éditées chez Boosey & Hawkes.