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I was standing in a garden
      from Scene 3 of the English opera, Trouble in Tahiti by Leonard Bernstein
      Libretto : Leonard Bernstein

• Role : Dinah, a suburban wife in her early thirties
• Voice Part : mezzo-soprano   Fach : lyric mezzo
• Setting : A psychiatrist's office in a suburb in the 1950's
• Range : C#/Db4 to G5. Tessitura : D4 to D5
• Synopsis : Dinah tells her psychiatrist about a dream she had. In the dream, she was in a dead garden. But a voice tells her that there is another garden filled with love, harmony, and grace. She goes to find the voice. Every step she took was filled with terror and horrible things but with every step, the voice got closer. Finally, she found him and when she touched his hand, he vanished and she woke up.
• Sound file : none
• Translation and/or Aria Text : none
• Recordings : Complete Opera  Excerpts from Opera
• Where to Find It : Score of opera - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474. Catalog #VSB0.

There's a law
      from Scene 5 of the English opera, Trouble in Tahiti by Leonard Bernstein
      Libretto : Leonard Bernstein

• Role : Sam, a man in his early thirties
• Voice Part : bass-baritone   Fach : lyric baritone
• Setting : A gymnasium in a suburb in the 1950's
• Range : C#/Db3 to E4. Tessitura : D3 to D4
• Synopsis : Sam sings of his male prowess, saying that there are many kinds of men in the world, but only one type of man is a winner, implying that he is that man.
• Sound file : none
• Translation and/or Aria Text : none
• Recordings : Complete Opera  Excerpts from Opera
• Where to Find It : Score of opera - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474. Catalog #VSB0.

What a movie!
      from Scene 6 of the English opera, Trouble in Tahiti by Leonard Bernstein
      Libretto : Leonard Bernstein

• Role : Dinah, a suburban wife in her early thirties
• Voice Part : mezzo-soprano   Fach : lyric mezzo
• Setting : A hat shop in a suburb in the 1950's
• Range : B4 to F5. Tessitura : D#/Eb4 to D5
• Synopsis : Dinah has gone to see a terrible movie called "Trouble in Tahiti" which is a trite movie about Tahitian natives and a volcano that erupts, etc. She describes the plot and the other aspects of the movie.
• Sound file : none
• Translation and/or Aria Text : none
• Recordings : Complete Opera  Excerpts from Opera
• Where to Find It : Score of opera - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474. Catalog #VSB0.