Leonard Bernstein is best known for giving “Romeo and Juliet” the gang-warfare treatment in his musical, “West Side Story.”
But five years before the Sharks and Jets rumbled onto stages, there was “Trouble in Tahiti.” The one-act opera centers on the veiled unhappiness of a suburban married couple.
Sin City Opera performs “Trouble in Tahiti” this weekend but it is with a twist. It is seen through the thematic lens of the TV series, “Mad Men.”
Sin City Opera’s Music Director, Jack Gaughan, and Artistic Director Skip Galla explain the Draper-ized version of Bernstein’s opera.
"Trouble in Tahiti"
March 13, 14, at 7 p.m.
March 15 at 2 p.m.
The Winchester Theatre
3130 S. McLeod Drive
Tickets - $10 advance and $15 at the door
GUEST:
Jack Gaughan, music director/conductor, Nevada Ballet Theater and Sin City Opera
Skip Galla, artistic director, Sin City Opera
Stephanie Sadownik, 'Dinah', "Trouble in Tahiti"
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