CCO Presents: Trouble in Tahiti & Four Dialogues
Rorem/Bernstein Double-bill : PERFORMANCES August 15 at 7pm and August 17 at 3pm
Ned Rorem-Four Dialogues for Two Voices and Two Pianos
Leonard Bernstein - Trouble in Tahiti
Four Dialogues for Two Voices and Two Pianos by Ned Rorem
The words from American author Frank O’Hara’s “The Quarrel Sonata” form the libretto for this mini-opera. A couple meet one another on a subway train in some undefined city and we follow them through the dizzying heights and desperate lows of their relationship. It is a story we might recognize.
Trouble in Tahiti by Leonard Bernstein
Sam and Dinah could be called the quintessential suburban husband and wife with one child. Teetering on the complexities of marriage and relationships, they struggle to understand each other, the world around them, and their own strivings toward the American dream.