A Quiet Place
Music by Leonard Bernstein · premiered 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. The premiere, directed by Wadsworth, and 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, again directed by Wadsworth, 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.
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About the Composer
Leonard Bernstein is the composer of record for this opera.
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Other Operas by Leonard Bernstein
- Candide (1759)