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Alright then, forums it is. We need a lot of people on in this.
I guess the first thing we should discuss is the plot.
I have an idea for the plot. It's kind of a dark idea. It needs elaboration to become a full length opera.
Anyone can contribute ideas.
My idea:
A tall, dark-haired eccentric man lives alone in a mansion on the outskirts of a town. He is an artist - and he draws really strange avante-garde paintings. But in his mind (since he's crazy), everything he paints comes to life and lives in his mansion.
He falls in love with a woman who lives in town, but he is so socially awkward that he can't get to know her. She thinks he's kind of a weirdo. So instead of further trying to get to know her, he paints a beautiful portrait of her, which comes to life and he now has a counterpart living with him in his mansion.
His paintings are naturally subservient to him. Therefore, his painting of this woman falls in love with him. But he grows bored of the painting and pines for the real thing. Having gotten to know the painting (which really is just a version of himself), he has the confidence to talk to the real woman. He gets to know her very well, until she begins to fall in love with him.
But this makes the painting very jealous. The painting becomes so jealous that she knows she has to exterminate the woman.
I don't know how the opera would end. Here is one idea:
The "painting" kills her. Really, it is the eccentric man who kills her himself.
If we decide to use this plot, it will need to be fleshed out. It needs details - more characters, more twists.
But I just think the idea of a man living alone in a mansion amidst all of his living art is a great tableux for an opera.
What do you guys think?
Do you have ideas for the plot?
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