On tour between 7 November and 5 December 2025
Full details coming soon
Bernstein’s one act opera is an exquisite dissection of the great American Dream, through the eyes of Sam and Dinah in their 1950’s Pastel house and white picket fence marriage. A Jazz ‘scat’ trio provides a running commentary as the couple avoid the realities of their relationship. For Sam it’s gym buddies and work, for Dinah trips to her therapist and the glorious technicolour escapism of Hollywood – can their ‘dream marriage’ survive?
Performed in Yannotta’s chamber arrangement for seven instrumentalists, with a cast of five led by MWO’s Music Director from the piano, the opera forms the first half of the evening, with the second half celebrating American opera and musical theatre, with a theme of The American Dream, featuring all the performers.
Music and Libretto: Leonard Bernstein
Chamber Arrangement: Bernard Yannotta
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Trouble in Tahiti: 45 mins
INTERVAL
The American Dream: 45 mins
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Music Director: Jonathan Lyness
Director/Designer: Richard Studer
Richard Bratby, The Spectator
“Modest in scale but uncompromising in quality”
David Truslove, Opera Today
“Mid Wales Opera has virtually created an instruction manual for the performance of community-based opera in rural areas, shrink-wrapping works into spaces that rarely enjoy professional presentation.”
Thanks to the enormous outpouring of love – and money! – from our friends and supporters, and from opera lovers across the country – and a hugely important grant from Powys County Council’s Shared Prosperity Fund allocation, we are now actively developing our artistic plans for the next two years… find out more …or…
