Mid Wales Opera: Trouble in Tahiti
Music and Libretto: Leonard Bernstein; Chamber Arrangement by Bernard Yannotta
Presented by: Mid Border Arts| 0 | PRESTEIGNE: St Andrew's Church (info) |
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| P | Tuesday 2nd December, 2025 |
| N | Door time: 7:00pm Start time: 7:30pm |
| . | All ages |
| C | Music - Classical |
Event information
Introducing Sam & Dinah. The perfect couple. The perfect house. The perfect… lie?
Sam and Dinah have it all… or so it seems. Behind their perfect suburban life lies tension, miscommunication, and a deep longing for something real. With a toe-tapping score that blends Broadway energy with biting social commentary, this opera is as relevant today as it was in 1951.
Performed in Yannotta’s chamber arrangement for seven instrumentalists, with a cast of five led by MWO’s Music Director from the piano, Bernstein’s one-act operatic gem forms the first half of the evening, with the second half cabaret concert The American Dream, celebrating American opera and musical theatre and featuring all the performers.
Yn cyflwyno Sam a Dinah Y cwpl perffaith. Y tŷ perffaith. Y... celwydd perffaith?
Mae gan Sam a Dinah bopeth... neu felly mae'n ymddangos. Tu ôl i len eu bywyd maestrefol perffaith mae tensiwn, cam-gyfathrebu, a hiraeth dwfn am rywbeth go iawn. Gyda sgôr bywiog sy'n cyfuno egni Broadway â sylwebaeth gymdeithasol frathog, mae'r opera hon yr un mor berthnasol heddiw ag yr oedd ym 1951.
Wedi'i pherfformio yn nhrefniant siambr Yannotta ar gyfer saith offerynwr, gyda chast o bump dan arweiniad Cyfarwyddwr Cerdd OCC o'r piano, mae’r berl o opera gan Bernstein yn llenwi hanner cyntaf y noson, gyda'r ail hanner yn dathlu opera a theatr gerddorol Americanaidd, gyda thema Y Freuddwyd Americanaidd, yn cynnwys yr holl berfformwyr.
