The Boy Who Grew Too Fast Explained

The Boy Who Grew Too Fast
Type:Opera for young people
Composer:Gian Carlo Menotti
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Librettist:Menotti
Language:English
Premiere Location:Grand Opera House (Wilmington, Delaware)

The Boy Who Grew Too Fast is a "one-act opera for young people" with music and libretto by Gian-Carlo Menotti.

First performance

It was first performed by OperaDelaware at the Grand Opera House in Wilmington, Delaware, on September 24, 1982.

Roles

RoleVoice typePremiere Cast,
(Conductor:)
ConductorsopranoEvelyn Swensson
Miss Hope soprano
Poponel tenorPhillip Peterson
Mrs. Skosvodmonit, Poponel's mother mezzo-sopranoSara Hagopian
Dr. Shrinck tenorFrank Reynolds
Mad Dog, a terrorist bass-baritoneAlan Wagner
Nurse Proctor mezzo-sopranoJoy Vandever
Little Poponel treble
Lizzy Spender Girl sopranoMiriam Bennett
Police Officer non-singing
Children (treble chorus)

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