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The Whole Truth is a comic opera that examines, in seven short scenes, the bifurcated soul of a young married woman named Megan. While Megan A (soprano) does all she can to avoid the truth, Megan B (mezzo-soprano) seeks to confront it, especially when managing the many men in their life (played by one baritone). The dual-sided Megan duels with herself while lying about her list of lovers to her psychiatrist, dutifully tending to a patient in her dental practice, avoiding involvement with her routine paramour (a fellow dentist), humoring her clueless husband at dinner, and finally enjoying a hot dalliance with a carefree young carpenter. Soon, the very tall edifice of deceit she has built threatens to topple—but in the end, a well-dressed lie (or many of them), turns out to be better than the naked truth.
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