On Sunday, October 28 at 3:00pm, Boheme Opera NJ celebrates the 100th anniversary of the birth of one of America's most famous composers and conductors, Leonard Bernstein. In the first half of the program, Boheme presents his one-act opera, Trouble in Tahiti. This work, composed in 1952, was dedicated to Marc Blitzstein, the man who showed Bernstein the path toward writing for the musical theater. Set in contemporary times, it portrays a married couple in a deteriorating relationship. The second portion of the program is comprised of selections from Bernstein's opera Candide, his Mass and excerpts from his iconic Broadway show, West Side Story. Tickets for Boheme Opera's Bernstein Centennial (October 28), as well as for its 30th season centerpiece main stage production of Giuseppe Verdi's Aida (April 5 & 7, 2019), will go on sale in mid-September via a link on the homepage of www.bohemeopera.com.
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