Thee Black Swan Theatre & Opera Company presents TROUBLED ISLAND at UCL in London Sep. 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19. TROUBLED ISLAND composed by William Grant Still with libretto by Langston Hughes.
TROUBLED ISLAND
From the African American composer William Grant Still.The Opera tells the story of Jean Jacques Dessalines in Haiti following the triumphant defeat of the French by Toussaint L’Ouverture. With Toussaint’s betrayal and death in French captivity, Dessalines took over the resistance of Haiti and in 1804 was proclaimed supreme governor under the title of Emperor the 1st.