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{{Short description|Opera by Gian Carlo Menotti}}
{{Infobox opera
| name = The Boy Who Grew Too Fast
| type = [[Opera]] for young people
| composer = [[Gian Carlo Menotti]]
| image = Gcmenotti.jpg
| image_upright = 0.8
| caption = The composer in 1944
| librettist = Menotti
| language = English
| premiere_date = {{start date|1982|09|24}}
| 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]]. It was first performed by [[OperaDelaware]] at the [[Grand Opera House (Wilmington, Delaware)|Grand Opera House in Wilmington, Delaware]], on September 24, 1982.

==Roles==
{| class="wikitable"
!Role
!Voice type
!Premiere Cast, <br> (Conductor: )
|-
| Conductor
| [[soprano]]
| [[Evelyn Swensson]]
|-
| 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 
| [[Boy soprano|treble]]
|-
| Lizzy Spender 
| [[Girl soprano]]
| Miriam Bennett 
|-
| Police Officer 
| non-singing
| 
|-
| colspan="3" |''Children (treble chorus)''
|-
|}

==References==
*{{Cite Grove |last=Archibald |first=Bruce |title=Gian-Carlo Menotti: Works}}

{{Gian Carlo Menotti}}

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[[Category:Operas by Gian Carlo Menotti]]
[[Category:English-language operas]]
[[Category:One-act operas]]
[[Category:Operas]]
[[Category:1982 operas]]
[[Category:Children's operas]]


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