TROUBLE IN TAHITI (TV)

Summary

One in this series of opera performances. Composed expressly for television by Leonard Bernstein, this one-act, English-language opera uses bittersweet satire to portray domestic strife in the suburbs. The opera chronicles a day in the life of Dinah (Williams) and Sam (Patrick), who have been struggling to maintain their foundering marriage. As the opera begins, the couple bickers during breakfast. In subsequent scenes, their private musings and fantasies are revealed in various settings -- their home, Sam's office and gym, Dinah's beauty salon, and her psychiatrist's office. Animation and graphics are used to bridge scene changes, with ironically upbeat accompaniment by an off-camera singing trio.

Details

• NETWORK: PBS WNET New York, NY
• DATE: May 4, 1976 Tuesday 9:00 PM
• RUNNING TIME: 0:45:23
• COLOR/B&W: Color
• CATALOG ID: T89:0413
• GENRE: Music
• SUBJECT HEADING: Operas
• SERIES RUN: PBS - TV, 1976
• COMMERCIALS: N/A

CREDITS

• Harry J. Kraut … Executive Producer
• Humphrey Burton … Executive Producer
• David Griffiths … Producer
• Bill Hays … Director
• Leonard Bernstein … Composer, Conductor
• Pat Gavin … Graphic sequences by
• Eileen Dis … Production Design, Designed by
• Antonia Butler … Singer, Member of musical trio
• Michael Clarke … Singer, Member of musical trio
• Mark Brown … Singer, Member of musical trio
• Nancy Williams … Singer, Cast, Dinah
• Julian Patrick … Singer, Cast, Sam