# Double Bill: Amelia al ballo & Trouble in Tahiti

Double Bill: Amelia al ballo & Trouble in Tahiti at Barbican Arts Centre, Monday 2 November 2026, 19:00.

- Price: £6–30
- Venue: Barbican Arts Centre, Silk Street, EC2Y 8DS London
- Get tickets: https://tickets.barbican.org.uk/register
- Go to page: https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2026/event/double-bill-amelia-al-ballo-trouble-in-tahiti

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An evening of two short operas, Gian Carlo Menotti's Amelia al ballo and Leonard Bernstein's Trouble in Tahiti, presented as a new double-bill production set in the 1950s. It is directed by Ashley Dean and promoted by the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. Both works centre on female protagonists whose desires are constrained by the marriages meant to sustain them. Amelia al ballo, in its UK premiere, follows Amelia as she outwits a suspicious husband and needy lover to attend a grand ball, while Trouble in Tahiti shows how Dinah and Sam's seemingly perfect suburban life masks deep unhappiness.

## Dates

- Monday 2 November 19:00 — Barbican Arts Centre

Written by a model, sources: [barbican.org.uk](https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2026/event/double-bill-amelia-al-ballo-trouble-in-tahiti)

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