Description
Nico Muhly – Two Boys / Libretto by Craig Lucas / The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Conducted by David Robertson / Nonesuch 2x Audio CD 2014 / 7559-79560-2
UPC 075597956025
Two Boys is an opera in two acts by American composer Nico Muhly, with an English-language libretto by American playwright Craig Lucas. The opera's story is based on real events in Manchester, England, in 2001 as described in a 2005 Vanity Fair article titled "You Want Me 2 Kill Him?"
Muhly's opera was first performed by the English National Opera (ENO) in London on 24 June 2011, directed by Bartlett Sher. It was performed by the Metropolitan Opera in New York in October and November 2013. The ENO and the Met shared the initial production costs
Using the narrative structure of a police investigation into a violent crime, the opera explores the world of online relationships and chatrooms, and was billed by the ENO as "a cautionary tale of the dark side of the internet."
Nonesuch Records released the first recording of the piece, from the Metropolitan Opera production, in 2014.
Tracklist:
| 1-1 | 1. Prologue & Scene 1 (Alley/Police Station): Help! Help! My Friend Has Been Stabbed! | |
| 1-2 | Scene 2 (Hospital): You Understand Your Son Had No Pulse... | |
| 1-3 | Scene 3 (Police Station): Brian? I'm Detective Sargeant Strawson | |
| 1-4 | Scene 4 (Brian's Bedroom): Chorus: U There? / Who Is This? | |
| 1-5 | Scene 5 (Police Station): I'm Not! / Brian. There Are Witnesses | |
| 1-6 | Scene 6 (Brian's Bedroom): Brian?... Church in ten minutes... Chorus: How are u? | |
| 1-7 | Scene 7 (Church): Amen... O Lord, Open Thou Our Lips | |
| 1-8 | Scene 8 (Brian's House): Has Brian Been In Trouble Before? | |
| 1-9 | Scene 9 (Police Station): Copy Of The Security Tape From The Shopping Centre | |
| 1-10 | Scene 10 (Anne's Flat): You Should See This Boy They've Stuck Me With | |
| 1-11 | Scene 11 (Police Station): No One Else Goes In Or Out... You Stabbed Him | |
| 1-12 | Scene 12 (Brian's Bedroom): Brian...You Don't Know Me... Chorus: Can't Stop Talking | |
| 1-13 | Scene 13 (Hallway): "That's For D**n Sure" | |
| 1-14 | Scene 14 (Interview Room/Brian's Room): You Searched For Rebecca... | |
| 1-15 | Scene 15 (Hospital): Mrs. Wilson? / I Know He Hears Us | |
| 1-16 |
Scene 16 (Police Station): The transcripts from the server | |
| 2-1 | Scene 1 (Police Station): Even Senseless Crimes Make Sense | |
| 2-2 | Scene 2 (Police Station): Told you. You think I'm smart enough... Chorus: [Grocery items] | |
| 2-3 | Scene 3 (Brian's Bedroom): It Had To Be Done... I'm Sure You Understand | |
| 2-4 | Scene 3 (Brian's Bedroom): I Have To See You! / Ur In Danger | |
| 2-5 | Scene 3 (Brian's Bedroom): Trick Or Treat! | |
| 2-6 | Scene 3 (Brian's Bedroom): Hey... I Knew You Wouldn't Believe | |
| 2-7 | Scene 3 (Brian's Bedroom): Chorus: I Saw U In Algebra.. | |
| 2-8 | Scene 4 (Police Station): Did You Have Sex? | |
| 2-9 | Scene 5 (Brian's Bedroom): Brian... I Have A Proposition | |
| 2-10 | Scene 6 (Police Station): You Refused / He Was My Friend! | |
| 2-11 | Scene 7 (Anne's Flat) & Scene 8 (Police Station): Mother!... Are you all right? | |
| 2-12 | Scene 9 (Brian's Bedroom): What's Up? / U Updated Your Photo | |
| 2-13 | Scene 10 (Police Station): You Taking The P**s? / Maybe Not | |
| 2-14 | Scene 11 (Brian's Bedroom): If I'm Not At The Doctor | |
| 2-15 | Scene 12 (Alley): Do What I Say / Okay | |
| 2-16 | Scene 13 (Police Station): Thank You, Brian. Do You Understand What's Happened To You? | |
| 2-17 | Scene 14 (Hospital): Detective, This Is My Daughter, Rebecca... Chorus: Kill Urself | |
| 2-18 | Scene 14 Cont'd (Police Station): And There They Are-Rebecca. Fiona. Peter.. |
- Choir – Metropolitan Opera Chorus
- Conductor – David Robertson (5)
- Orchestra – The Metropolitan Opera
