Peter Pan (1950), Trouble in Tahiti (1952), and Wonderful Town (1953)
Class Preparation
- Handout of class slides
- Peter Pan: Selected Lyrics
- Wonderful Town Lyrics
- The Leonard Bernstein Office Website has a wealth of information on all of Bernstein's works. For background and a synopsis of today's works visit these pages:
YouTube Links & Playlists
Links:
- There is a complete performance of Wonderful Town on YouTube. It stars original cast member Rosalind Russell and was broadcast live on television in 1958. This is a kinescope of that broadcast (just under two hours--including commercials). Here is the LINK.
- The complete BBC film of Trouble in Tahiti is on YouTube. (This playlist has the entire film in the correct order of scenes.)
- Bernstein: Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety" (Complete symphony in six audio-only videos)
- Peter Pan: Selected Songs (Most are from a 2005 studio recording with Linda Eder as Wendy)
- Trouble in Tahiti: An Opera in Seven Scenes (NY Philharmonic, Bernstein Conducting, 1966, Audio only)
- Wonderful Town (1953 Original Broadway Cast recording with Rosalind Russell)
- Wonderful Town (2004 Broadway revival cast recording with Brooke Shields as Ruth)
- Class 2 Videos