Overdue Chicago premiere of 'Troubled Island' a triumph
For an opera with a long and troubled history, about a troubled man who was a revolutionary leader two centuries ago of a still troubled nation, the decades-belated Chicago premiere of "Troubled Island" by William Grant Still and Langston Hughes Saturday night in South Shore was a major triumph. Symbolism alone could have made this a special night. Performed at the South Shore Cultural Center in the old home of the S…