The Juniper Tree is an opera co-composed by Philip Glass[1] and Robert Moran[2] in 1985 to a libretto by Arthur Yorinks based on the Brothers Grimm fairy tale.

[3] The opera is in two acts and is scored for two baritones, bass, mezzo-soprano, four sopranos, tenor, mixed chorus, children's voices and chamber orchestra.

Glass retained ownership of the opera, and did not allow for the "live" recording of the premiere (with Jayne West and Sanford Sylvan) to be released until 2009.

For its 25th anniversary of creation, the Théâtre des Petites Garnottes [fr] presented the Canadian premiere of the opera in September, 2010, at the Salle Jean-Paul Tardif in Quebec, Canada.

[5] The Grimm fairy tale tells of a wicked stepmother who murders her stepson, fearing that he reminds her husband of his late wife and serves him up in a stew to his hungry, unsuspecting father.