The Boy Who Grew Too Fast

Gian Carlo Menotti
Operas Amelia Goes to the Ball (1937) The Old Maid and the Thief (1939) The Island God (1942) The Medium (1946) The Telephone, or L'Amour à trois (1947) The Consul (1950) Amahl and the Night Visitors (1951) The Saint of Bleecker Street (1954) The Unicorn, the Gorgon, and the Manticore (1956) Maria Golovin (1958) Labyrinth (1963) The Last Savage (1963) Martin's Lie (1964) Help, Help, the Globolinks! (1968) The Hero (1976) The Boy Who Grew Too Fast (1982)

The Boy Who Grew Too Fast is a "one-act opera for young people" with music and libretto by Gian-Carlo Menotti. It was first performed by OperaDelaware at the Grand Opera House in Wilmington, Delaware, on September 24, 1982.

Roles

Role	Voice type	Premiere Cast, (Conductor: )
Miss Hope	soprano	Denise Coffey
Poponel	tenor	Phillip Peterson
Mrs. Skosvodmonit, Poponel's mother	mezzo-soprano	Sara Hagopian
Dr. Shrinck	tenor	Frank Reynolds
Mad Dog, a terrorist	bass-baritone	Alan Wagner
Nurse Proctor	mezzo-soprano	Joy Vandever
Little Poponel	treble
Police Officer	non-singing
Children (treble chorus)

References

Sources

• Archibald, Bruce. "Gian-Carlo Menotti: Works", Grove Music Online, ed. L. Macy (accessed 07 August 2007), grovemusic.com (subscription access).