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Anna Nicole | Two Boys | |||
The rags-to-riches saga of Anna Nicole Smith, the Texas-born Playboy Playmate and media personality who died of a drug overdose in 2007 | What's it about? | Based on true events, Two Boys deals with the police investigation of a murder resulting from an online relationship between English teens. | ||
English composer Mark-Anthony Turnage, 53, with a libretto by writer and composer Richard Thomas | Who wrote it? | American composer Nico Muhly, 32, with a libretto by actor, director and playwright Craig Lucas | ||
Dark, angular and punchy, with thundering choruses, jazzy horns and drum-set beats | What's it sound like? | Haunting minimalism à la Philip Glass, along with elegant nods to English choral music and modern electronica | ||
“Musically rich, audacious and inexplicably poignant.”—The New York Times | Press quote | “Thoroughly modern opera, both disturbing and challenging.”—Daily Express | ||
Librettist Thomas is best known as the co-composer of Jerry Springer: The Opera. | Fun fact | The son of a painter and a filmmaker, Muhly has worked with Philip Glass, Björk, Grizzly Bear and Glen Hansard. | ||
BAM Howard Gilman Opera House, 30 Lafayette Ave between Ashland Pl and St. Felix St, Fort Greene, Brooklyn (bam.org). Sept 17–28; $25–$235. | Where and when? | Metropolitan Opera House (at Lincoln Center), Lincoln Center Plaza at 65th St (metoperafamily.org). Oct 21–Nov 14; $18–$430. | ||