5 Facts About the 1934 Premiere of Four Saints in Three Acts
- The opera premiered on February 7, 1934, at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, Connecticut.
- It was composed by Virgil Thomson with a libretto by Gertrude Stein.
- The production featured an all-Black cast, which was unusual for opera at the time.
- After Hartford, it moved to Broadway, where it ran for 48 performances.
- The opera is known for its surreal, non-narrative libretto and modernist score.