Trouble in Tahiti (2001)

In 1951, during his honeymoon, Leonard Bernstein began composing *Trouble in Tahiti*, a revealing opera about a young suburban couple's strained marriage. Written between his major Broadway hits like *On the Town* and *West Side Story*, *Trouble in Tahiti* uses popular song styles to sharply criticize post-war American consumerism. The couple’s marital problems hide a deep yearning for connection. Their emotional emptiness, hidden by a facade of happiness, is the core of the story, highlighted by changes in the music.