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A teenage boy is fatally stabbed. Another boy is caught on CCTV leaving the scene. An open-and-shut case, it would seem. But, as Detective Inspector Anne Strawson investigates the older boy's story, she uncovers a bizarre nexus of chatroom meetings, false identities, fictitious spy rings and raunchy cybersex, leading to just one conclusion: it wasn't so much murder as suicide by internet. Loosely inspired by an incredible but true case that happened in the North of England a few years ago, Nico Muhly's opera enters the secret world of the teenage bedroom to hit the panic button on the realities and risks of living our lives online. Contains scenes of graphic sex and language that some might find offensive. Unsuitable for anyone under 16.

Creatives/Company

Music: Nico Muhly
Lyrics: Craig Lucas

What's On By Year ...

Archive listings for Two Boys (2011)

Work type: Opera or Operetta.

T136449676

A Metropolitan Opera/Lincoln Center Theater commission. New production supported by The 20/20 Group.Producer English National Opera. Producer Metropolitan Opera New York. Director Bartlett Sher. Design Michael Yeargan. Costume Catherine Zuber. Lighting Donald Holder. Design Fifty Nine Productions Ltd (video). Performer Susan Bickley (Anne). Performer Nicky Spence (Brian). Performer Mary Bevan (Rebecca). Performer Madeleine Shaw (Fiona). Performer Robert Gleadow (Peter).

24 Jun 11 to 8 Jul 11

London Coliseum, West End :: V376
listing details L1550203108

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