Tristram Shandy (opera) Tristram Shandy (opera) Tristram Shandy is an unfinished opera project by Michael Nyman based on his favorite novel, "The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman", by Laurence Sterne, begun in 1981. The project has been perpetually on hold for want of a commission, but at least five excerpts of the opera have been performed publicly, and one has been released on a commercial recording. The first excerpt of the opera appeared in 1983: "I'll Stake My Cremona to a Jew's Trump," (from Volume V, Chapter 15) which appeared in an eponymous short documentary by Sara Jolly. It was written
Sentimental Journey (song) sang the song on their way back to the show. The song is heard playing on a jukebox in the 1980 animated film "Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (And Don't Come Back!!)". It is sung by Jean Claude Fornier's character played by Paul Verdier in The Man From Marseilles (Magnum, P.I.) at a karaoke bar. It also appeared in advertisements for Ford Australia during the early 1990s. It was the theme song of the ABC Radio program "Sentimental Journey" presented by John West. The song is featured in Season 2, Episode 4 of The Man in the High Castle (TV series).