Trouble in Paradise
Trouble in Tahiti
LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Dido and Aeneas
HENRY PURCELL
Lisa Keller, music director
Chas Rader-Shieber, stage director
Can perfect happiness endure? Even when all the stars align, lovers find myriad ways to misunderstand one another in this inspired pairing of Bernstein’s jazz-inflected Trouble in Tahiti and Purcell’s regal Dido and Aeneas. Whether in sunny 1950s suburbia or the majestic Carthage of classical legend, lasting joy is elusive—but the musical journey is more than compelling.
CAST (in singing order)
Trouble in Tahiti | October 4 and 6 | October 5 and 7 |
Trio | Tiffany Townsend | Tiffany Townsend |
Colin Aikins | Colin Aikins | |
Dennis Chmelensky | Dennis Chmelensky | |
Sam | Patrick Wilhelm | Patrick Wilhelm |
Dinah | Siena Licht Miller | Anastasiia Sidorova |
Dido and Aeneas | ||
Belinda | Merissa Beddows | Ziyi Dai |
Dido | Siena Licht Miller | Anastasiia Sidorova |
Second Woman | Sophia Maekawa | Sophia Maekawa |
Aeneas | Patrick Wilhelm | Patrick Wilhelm |
Sorceress | Emily Damasco | Emily Damasco |
First Witch | Olivia Smith | Olivia Smith |
Second Witch | Lindsey Reynolds | Lindsey Reynolds |
Spirit | Charles Buttigieg | Charles Buttigieg |
First Sailor | Martin Luther Clark | Martin Luther Clark |
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The Curtis Opera Theatre season is sponsored by the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation and the Wyncote Foundation.