|
 |
|
North American Works Directory Listing
| Composer: |
Leonard Bernstein
|
| Librettist: |
Leonard Bernstein
|
| Other Artistic Personnel: |
Elliot Silverstein (Director)
Leonard Bernstein (Conductor)
|
| Original Cast: |
Nell Tangeman, David Atkinson, Constance Brigham, Robert Kole, Claude Heater
|
| Premiere Date: |
June 12, 1952
|
| Producing Company: |
Brandeis University
|
| Description: |
Considered a light-hearted but pointed satire of 1950s suburban sophistication and marital discontent, the work concerns the "path to divorce" followed by a housewife and her commuting husband. Dinah and Sam, both in their thirties, shatter the opening trio's mood of romantic bliss with their domestic quarreling. They have grown apart after ten years of marriage. Sam gets the escape and understanding he needs from his office and gym while Dinah's trips to the psychiatrist and her spending sprees do the same for her. The lack of communication between the two reaches a climax when they both go see a terrible movie, Trouble in Tahiti, a film which Dinah doesn't admit to having seen earlier that day. The Greek chorus (the trio), in the style of radio commercials of the time, extolls the virtues of suburban life.
|
| Character List (Major): |
Dinah (mz)
Sam (bb)
|
| Character List (Minor): |
Jazz Trio (s/mz, high t, high bar)
|
| Reviews: |
The New York Times, Bernard Holland, 2-22-89; Times-Union, Albany, NY, Dardis McNamee; 8-11-81; Syracuse Herald-Journal, Earl George, 8-10-81; The Observer-Dispatch, Utica, NY, Joelyn Wakefield-Wright, 8-5-81; Syracuse Post-Standard, Larry McGinn, 8-6-81; The New York Times, Allan Kozinn, 10-11-88; The New York Times, Bernard Holland, 1-31-88.
|
|
|
|
| Chorus: |
No chorus
|
| Orchestration: |
2 fl(picc), 2 Eng Hrn, 2 bcl, 2 bsn(dbn) - 2 hrn, 2 tpt, 2 tbn, 1 tba - timp, perc(cym, BD, high & low TD, snare dr, tgl, wdbls, tpl bls, gong, tom-t, vib, xyl) - hp - str(1 vln1, 1 vln2, 1 vla, 1 vc, 1 db)
|
| Musical Style: |
Jazz-based, brightly scored
|
|
| Contact: |
Boosey & Hawkes, Inc. (as agents for Amberson Productions, publisher and copyright owner)
|
| Address: |
229 W 28th Street, Floor 11
New York, NY 10001
|
| Phone: |
212-358-5300
|
Schedule of Performances Listings
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Trouble in Tahiti
( Bernstein)
Friday, February 17, 2006 - Curtis Institute of Music Opera Theatre
|
Trouble in Tahiti
( Bernstein)
Wednesday, December 09, 1998 - Manhattan School of Music Opera Theater
|
|
|
|
|
Trouble in Tahiti
( Bernstein)
Friday, March 15, 1996 - State Opera of South Australia
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
What is OPERAAmerica.org?
Spring 2013 Magazine Issue
- Letter from the President/CEO
- Of One: The Quest for Asian Fusion in the Opera House
- Vancouver: Where Nature Nurtures Art
- Inheriting the Wind
- My First Time
|
|
|
|
From Airport:
The easiest way to reach the OPERA America offices is to get a cab at the airport. Cost is $40-45 (not including tip).
-
JFK -
Take the AirTrain ($5 - approx. 15 minutes) to the Jamaica Street Station and transfer to the Long Island Railroad (LIRR).
Take the LIRR to Penn Station ($12 - approx. 35 minutes). See Penn Station directions below.
-
LaGuardia -
Take the M60 Bus to the Hoyt Ave/31st Street. Get on the
 or  Train and take that to 42nd/Times Square Station.
Follow the Times Square Station directions below.
-
Newark - Take the New Jersey Transit train to Penn Station ($15 - approx. 45 min). See
the Penn Station Directions below.
From Penn Station/Madison Square Garden:
Leave the station through the 7th Avenue/33rd Street exit and walk south for four blocks. The building is on the right hand side.
From Grand Central Station:
Take the  Train to the 42nd/Times Square station and transfer to the  Train.
Take the Train to the 28th Street stop and walk north on 7th Avenue.
The building is on the same block as the train stop.
From 42nd Street/Times Square:
Take the Train to the 28th Street stop and walk north on 7th Avenue.
The building is on the same block as the train stop.
For more detailed directions, most up-to-date pricing or to specify a different starting location, please visit the MTA Web site.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|