At first glance, Gian Carlo Menotti's sparkling comic opera Amelia al ballo and Leonard Bernstein's jazz-inflected Trouble in Tahiti could not be more different. Look closer, and they are in illuminating conversation.
Both centre on compelling female protagonists whose desires are constrained by the marriages meant to sustain them, offering a revealing portrait of two Western cultures at a 20th-century crossroads.
The UK premiere of Amelia al ballo follows the irrepressible Amelia as she outwits a suspicious husband and needy lover to attend the season's grandest ball.
In Trouble in Tahiti, Dinah and Sam's seemingly perfect suburban life masks deep unhappiness, exposing the cracks beneath the American dream.
Directed by Ashley Dean, this new double-bill production is set in the 1950s.
Promoted by Guildhall School of Music & Drama
Operas
Creative Team
Barbican Silk Street Theatre
Double Bill: Amelia al ballo & Trouble in Tahiti
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Sold by: barbican.org.uk
£4 - £30
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Italian comedy meets American satire. Two marriages, two worlds — one unmissable evening.
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