Trouble in Tahiti

Fishko Files | Nov 15, 2012

This year marks 60 years since the premiere of Leonard Bernstein’s shrewd, short work, Trouble in Tahiti. In this Fishko Files WNYC’s Sara Fishko considers Bernstein’s atypical opera. (Produced in 2010)

Composer and author Jack Gottlieb is featured in this piece.  He worked as Bernstein’s assistant in the early days and later became a close associate.  Gottlieb died in 2011.

 

 

 

 

WNYC Production Credits...

Executive Producer: Sara Fishko
Assistant Producer: Laura Mayer
Mix Engineer: Wayne Shulmister
Managing Editor, WNYC News: Karen Frillmann

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