Two Boys

Album by Nico Muhly

Two Boys is an opera by American composer Nico Muhly, premiered in 2011. The score blends contemporary classical orchestration with electronic textures and concentrated vocal writing, and the work marked Muhly's first full-length stage piece to receive a major professional production, extending his presence within contemporary opera.
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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Prologue & Scene 1 (Alley/Police Station): "Help! Help! My friend has been stabbed!"
    4:04
  2. 2.
    Scene 2 (Hospital): "You understand your son had no pulse…"
    3:16
  3. 3.
    Scene 3 (Police Station): "Brian? I'm detective Sargeant Strawson"
    2:12
  4. 4.
    Scene 4 (Brian's Bedroom): Chorus: "U there? / Who is this?"
    5:40
  5. 5.
    Scene 5 (Police Station): I'm not! / Brian. There are witnesses
    0:54
  6. 6.
    Scene 6 (Brian's Bedroom): "Brian?... Church in ten minutes…" Chorus: "How are u?"
    9:13
  7. 7.
    Scene 7 (Church): "Amen… O Lord, open thou our lips"
    3:42
  8. 8.
    Scene 8 (Brian's House): Has Brian been in trouble before?
    4:04
  9. 9.
    Scene 9 (Police Station): "Copy of the security tape from the shopping centre"
    0:57
  10. 10.
    Scene 10 (Anne's Flat): "You should see this boy they've stuck me with"
    6:52
  11. 11.
    Scene 11 (Police Station): "No one else goes in or out… You stabbed him"
    3:40
  12. 12.
    Scene 12 (Brian's Bedroom): "Brian…You don't know me… Chorus: Can't stop talking"
    8:10
  13. 13.
    Scene 13 (Hallway): "That's for damn sure"
    4:11
  14. 14.
    Scene 14 (Interview Room/Brian's Room): "You searched for Rebecca…"
    3:23
  15. 15.
    Scene 15 (Hospital): "Mrs. Wilson? / I know he hears us"
    1:34
  16. 16.
    Scene 16 (Police Station): "The transcripts from the server"
    2:44

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Scene 1 (Police Station): "Even senseless crimes make sense"
    4:25
  2. 3.
    Scene 2 (Police Station): "Told you. You think I'm smart enough…" Chorus: [Grocery items]
    1:57
  3. 4.
    Scene 3 (Brian's Bedroom): "It had to be done… I'm sure you understand"
    4:59
  4. 5.
    "I have to see you! / Ur in danger"
    2:04
  5. 6.
    "Trick or treat!"
    3:05
  6. 7.
    "Hey… I knew you wouldn't believe"
    2:52
  7. 8.
    Chorus: "I saw u in algebra…"
    2:43
  8. 9.
    Scene 4 (Police Station): "Did you have sex?"
    1:24
  9. 10.
    Scene 5 (Brian's Bedroom): "Brian… I have a proposition"
    1:35
  10. 11.
    Scene 6 (Police Station): "You refused / He was my friend!"
    0:52
  11. 12.
    Scene 7 (Anne's Flat) & Scene 8 (Police Station): "Mother!... Are you all right?"
    4:12
  12. 13.
    Scene 9 (Brian's Bedroom): "What's up? / U updated your photo"
    1:31
  13. 14.
    Scene 10 (Police Station): "You taking the piss? / Maybe not"
    1:28
  14. 15.
    Scene 11 (Brian's Bedroom): "If I'm not at the doctor"
    4:49
  15. 16.
    Scene 12 (Alley): "Do what I say / Okay"
    2:31
  16. 17.
    Scene 13 (Police Station): "Thank you, Brian. Do you understand what's happened to you?"
    1:15
  17. 18.
    Scene 14 (Hospital): "Detective, this is my daughter, Rebecca…" Chorus: "Kill urself"
    1:36
  18. 19.
    "And there they are—Rebecca. Fiona. Peter..."
    6:52

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