Name: Two Boys
Start: 2013-10-21T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2013-11-14T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Metropolitan Opera House

Admin

Organization

Singer

Jennifer Zetlan

Rebecca

Caitlin Lynch

Cynthia

Alice Coote

Anne Strawson

Sandra Piques Eddy

Fiona

Judith Forst

Anne's Mum

Paul Appleby

Brian

Christopher Bolduc

Jake

Keith Miller

Peter

Andrew Pulver

Boy Soprano

Maria Zifchak

Brian's Mother

Kyle Pfortmiller

Brian's Father

Richard Cox

Celebrant

Noah Baetge

American Congressman

Juan José de León

American Congressional Page

Anne Nonemacher

American Suburban Mom

Ashley Emerson

American Suburban Girl

Dennis Petersen

Liam

Marco Nisticò

Doctor

Conductor

David Robertson

Stage director

Bartlett Sher

Set designer

Michael Yeargan

Costume designer

Catherine Zuber

Lighting designer

Donald Holder

The Metropolitan Opera

Others

Metropolitan Opera Choir

Orchestra

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

English

Two Boys

New York City

United States

Metropolitan Opera House

Nico Muhly’s gripping new opera, loosely inspired by real events, explores the shadowy world of the Internet as a detective investigates the stabbing of one teenage boy by another—and discovers a tangled web of online intrigue. Rising tenor Paul Appleby stars as Brian, the young man at the center of the story, opposite Alice Coote as Anne Strawson, the women charged with solving the crime. David Robertson conducts Muhly’s haunting score, which interweaves masterful orchestration, lyrical vocal writing, and shimmering choruses that musically capture the mysterious realm of the web.

Production booklet

Further reading