Nico Muhly - Two Boys [CD]
Two Boys
Nico Muhly
CD
Nonesuch releases Nico Muhly s opera Two Boys, recorded live during the Metropolitan Opera s 2013 production with conductor David Robertson and director Bartlett Sher. The two-act opera, which features a libretto by award-winning playwright Craig Lucas, is loosely based on true events and follows a lonely detective whose investigation of a seemingly simple crime draws her into a complex web of online intrigue. Alice Coote sings the role of Detective Inspector Anne Strawson and Paul Appleby sings Brian, the 16-year-old boy at the center of her investigations. The cast also features Jennifer Zetlan as Rebecca, Caitlin Lynch as Cynthia, Sandra Piques Eddy as Fiona, Judith Forst as Anne s Mum, Christopher Bolduc as Jake, and Keith Miller as Peter.
Tracklist:
- Prologue & Scene 1 (Alley/Police Station): Help! Help! My friend has been stabbed!
- Scene 2 (Hospital): You understand your son had no pulse...
- Scene 3 (Police Station): Brian? I'm detective Sargeant Strawson
- Scene 4 (Brian's Bedroom): Chorus: U there? / Who is this?
- Scene 5 (Police Station): I'm not! / Brian. There are witnesses
- Scene 6 (Brian's Bedroom): Brian?... Church in ten minutes... Chorus: How are u?
- Scene 7 (Church): Amen... O Lord, open thou our lips
- Scene 8 (Brian's House): Has Brian been in trouble before?
- Scene 9 (Police Station): Copy of the security tape from the shopping centre
- Scene 10 (Anne's Flat): You should see this boy they've stuck me with
- Scene 11 (Police Station): No one else goes in or out... You stabbed him
- Scene 12 (Brian's Bedroom): Brian...You don't know me... Chorus: Can't stop talking
- Scene 13 (Hallway): "That's for d**n sure"
- Scene 14 (Interview Room/Brian's Room): You searched for Rebecca...
- Scene 15 (Hospital): Mrs. Wilson? / I know he hears us
- Scene 16 (Police Station): The transcripts from the server
- Scene 1 (Police Station): Even senseless crimes make sense
- Scene 2 (Police Station): Told you. You think I'm smart enough... Chorus: [Grocery items]
- Scene 3 (Brian's Bedroom): It had to be done... I'm sure you understand
- Scene 3 (Brian's Bedroom): I have to see you! / Ur in danger
- Scene 3 (Brian's Bedroom): Trick or treat!
- Scene 3 (Brian's Bedroom): Hey... I knew you wouldn't believe
- Scene 3 (Brian's Bedroom): Chorus: I saw u in algebra...
- Scene 4 (Police Station): Did you have sex?
- Scene 5 (Brian's Bedroom): Brian... I have a proposition
- Scene 6 (Police Station): You refused / He was my friend!
- Scene 7 (Anne's Flat) & Scene 8 (Police Station): Mother!... Are you all right?
- Scene 9 (Brian's Bedroom): What's up? / U updated your photo
- Scene 10 (Police Station): You taking the p**s? / Maybe not
- Scene 11 (Brian's Bedroom): If I'm not at the doctor
- Scene 12 (Alley): Do what I say / Okay
- Scene 13 (Police Station): Thank you, Brian. Do you understand what's happened to you?
- Scene 14 (Hospital): Detective, this is my daughter, Rebecca... Chorus: Kill urself
- Scene 14 cont'd (Police Station): And there they are-Rebecca. Fiona. Peter...