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XXI CENTURY WORLD

With the development of artificial intelligence and technologies the communication between people is most often limited to social networks, gradually moving everyone of us far from the real expression of our emotions. Step by step the modern man is losing the need for sincere communication of his true feelings and desires.

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It’s easier for him to send a picture, copied from Internet and expressing certain feeling or emotion, than to meet somebody in person, openly communicating to him or to her the true emotions and feelings. For a modern man opera is something archaic, dusty, weird and out of date.
The plot of the performance is about two young people who find themselves in a fantasy museum of frozen opera heroes of different eras . We see frozen and visible through ice different opera characters, props, hats, wigs, swords etc.

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A young man and a girl, absolutely indifferent and without showing any interest, pass by the artefacts presented at the exhibition. They are totally distracted by gadgets, while smiling, laughing and texting something quickly.
As soon as they are invited to pay attention to one of the exhibits, their faces instantly change their expressions. But they are not able to be sincere in their feelings, so the love duet sounds cold, indifferent and without emotions.

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Left alone, a young man sees how one of the opera hero sculptures comes to life. It scares him. The same thing happens to a girl who is afraid of the revived opera heroes.
Thus, we begin to follow up how a young man is trying to find the way out of the opera labyrinth in order to meet his girlfriend. During the journey through this labyrinth they are getting closer to the opera heroes.

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Step by step, the young people realize how modern are the feelings of opera heroes. Living with them their arias and duets, our young heroes undergo the sensual revival and learn to express their real feelings and emotions. Opera characters help the young people to reconcile after their quarrel. The young man and the girl are watching the magical wedding of two opera heroes – the quintessence of their true love and its sensual expression.
Finally, after going through all opera plots with their problems and passions, our heroes find each other. Their first duet, that they have performed at the beginning of the spectacle, this time sounds sensually and brightly. Thanks to the opera labyrinth and its heroes, the young people revived their ability to love and to be loved.

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Each opera part will be a separate performance that will fully capture the audience’s attention with its unexpected solution, bright costumes and effectively transformed scenery, made of only glass modules, using modern video technologies. It’s a now-how in theatre arts.

OPERA LABYRINTH