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The Boy Who Grew Too Fast: OperaTerps

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The Boy Who Grew Too Fast: OperaTerps

Arts for All | College of Arts and Humanities | School of Music | The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center Friday, January 30, 2026 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Lower Pavillion

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Audience Advisory: The Boy Who Grew Too Fast deals with themes of gun violence.

The UMD School of Music's student-led opera company, OperaTerps, presents Gian-Carlo Menotti's The Boy Who Grew Too Fast. A tale of highlighting the value of originality and being unafraid to be one's true self, this single-act opera tells the story of an immensely tall nine-year-old and his desires to fit in. This event includes a post-performance discussion in partnership with PROGRESS, a campus organization focused on preventing gun violence, to both contextualize the work and offer a contemporary perspective on the story and its cartoonish representation of a prominent lived reality.

Add to Calendar 01/30/26 19:00:00 01/30/26 21:00:00 America/New_York The Boy Who Grew Too Fast: OperaTerps

About the Event

Audience Advisory: The Boy Who Grew Too Fast deals with themes of gun violence.

The UMD School of Music's student-led opera company, OperaTerps, presents Gian-Carlo Menotti's The Boy Who Grew Too Fast. A tale of highlighting the value of originality and being unafraid to be one's true self, this single-act opera tells the story of an immensely tall nine-year-old and his desires to fit in. This event includes a post-performance discussion in partnership with PROGRESS, a campus organization focused on preventing gun violence, to both contextualize the work and offer a contemporary perspective on the story and its cartoonish representation of a prominent lived reality.

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