Trouble In Tahiti & Service Provider
March 9–23, 2024
Trouble in Tahiti
MN OPERA PREMIERE
MUSIC AND LIBRETTO BY LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Service Provider
MN OPERA PREMIERE
MUSIC BY CHRISTOPHER WEISS
LIBRETTO BY JOHN DE LOS SANTOS
Marital bliss amiss.
Sam and Dinah are living the American dream in 1950s suburbia. Beau and Autumn are celebrating their anniversary over dinner and drinks. But there’s one problem… neither couple is happy. Beau and Autumn can’t seem to look up from their phones and Sam and Dinah can’t stand to be in the same room with each other. Leonard Bernstein’s Trouble in Tahiti and Christopher Weiss and John de los Santos’ Service Provider may not be filled with marital bliss, but these one-act crowd pleasers are sure to keep you on the edge of your seat all night long.
Sung in English with English captions projected above the stage.
Runs approximately 1 hr 30 minutes.
Trouble in Tahiti Cast & Creative Team
Learn MoreService Provider Cast & Creative Team
Learn MoreTrouble in Tahiti Composer Biography
Learn MoreLeonard Bernstein was a world-renowned conductor and composer, and one of classical music’s icons of the 20th century. He was Music Director of the New York Philharmonic and conducted...
Service Provider Composer Biography
Learn MoreA native of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, composer Christopher Weiss has won numerous awards and competitions, including the prestigious Presser Music Award from the Presser Foundation in 2007…
Service Provider Librettist Biography
Read MoreLibrettist John de los Santos’ was commissioned by Washington National Opera’s American Opera Initiative with composer Christopher Weiss to create Service Provider, which premiered at the Kennedy Center…
BLOG: Talking Trouble in Tahiti with Joseph Li
Read MoreWe sat down with MN Opera Vice President, Artistic, and the conductor for Trouble in Tahiti and Service Provider Joseph Li to talk about the ways in which Bernstein’s compositional style shows up…