Earlier comments

These are the suggestions that have been already made in the create the story task:

David Yacobus:
Be aware that opera requires special mask that will not make the singer hard to breathe or making the voice hard to hear...

Lizette Stenqvist:

Totally digg the idea and would love to be a part of it. I've even written a paper on "Anonymous" so I think I have enough knowledge ;)

This might be a tacky idea but I'm gonna suggest it anyway:
The opera starts in the guys room, he sings of the dull world outside.
Things like studies, crime, poverty, the general failure of the system where he doesn't feel that he fits in, he has too many choices and so on.
Then he dives into his computer, the internetz and enters the castle.
(heres the cheesy idea)
In the castle he's the king and behind every door is a new posibility.
In the garden he can play games (wow for example). But then something starts lurking, pedobear and such... also add the general annoying government guy that walks around half confused and points a gun att everything he sees.

Apply what ever ideas you like, I'm just brainstorming, hope you like it ;)
Since it's the intertentz we're basing this on, it should have some BAD picture work, like lolcatz ect. Though since I'm a fan of CGI etc I don't mind spending my summer on doing some nice stuff for this production^^

Iida Hämeen-Anttila:

Hello writers, this idea has gathered a lot of thumb-ups. Now it's time to create the story. There have been suggestions for themes that could be interesting for people who aren't so familiar with these characters. Who would like to develop this idea towards a story?

Marco Antonio Salazar Moreno:

It's a interesting idea but... a Pedobear into the castle? Well, if you got a great concept, you must have a weird-fenomenal-explosive new Opera.
Perhaps, you must see also the impact on the public and rescue some values. Pedophilia is not one.

Kim Itkonen:

Love this idea! Add walruses with buckets! and LOLcats.
Yes, merging some of the other ideas into this one seems very promising.
Also, the net is a great motivator or time-waster. A Russian Roulette of ideas over a cup of coffee in the morning! To say nothing of it's value as a God-like answer machine. A great deal of confusion could come about by following a thread of an idea expounded by some site or other which turns out to be erroneous. What people come to believe as a result of chain emails that have been circulating for years is also a source of comedy or tragedy!

Simo Raittila:

This could revolve around some ordinary Bloke. Not doing anything wrong himself, but spending a lot of time on the internet. It's joys represented by singing flowers, innovative businessmen, thriving forums and free information.

Yet Bloke ends up being framed by Pedobear and other "horrors of the Internet", jailed innocent by the abstractly totalitarian Society and then rescued by a massive demonstration of Anonymous Power - in Fawkes maskes ofcourse.

I don't think that limiting would be such a problem because it would just be too awesome. To those more unfamiliar with internet memes they would just look more abstract. They could still communicate their main meanings to even those audience members. One must remember that in opera it's the music that really tells the story.

And behind every evil - a HORRENDOUS TROLL!

Anonymous Coward:

Don't forget to mention the start of most internet phenomenons.
http://www.4chan.org

Seppo Hiltunen:

I like the idea of contemporary themes for opera. And Inrternet phenomena belongs to that category.

In fact, there could be nice themes that could be adapted in Opera -format here in wreckamovie:

- Leadin a collabotative film production -opera
- Privacy and Internet
- globalisation
- 3D gaming universes and perverted professions there (earning virtual dollard for less skilled gamers)
- human machine -interaction and social skills inside and outside Internet

But that can limit the audience, if it is strictly Internet related only. For some people it may be too scifi. Some combination of net world and real world like in Griifin project here in Wreckamovie: http://www.wreckamovie.com/tasks/show/289

By the way, it is quiteisnpirational tha Griffin, I'd like to see it combined to some storylines here on Operabyyou

"GroundingStick" Carl L.:

I like alot.
There must be like over nine thousand people who would go see this
.
But I think the play should deal with real-world problems.
Like how pedophilia is being used to try to censor the net.
(never mind imprisoning the producers of that tripe, block the net!)
Or how copyright has developed a life of it's own, and now serves giant corporations who rape the very artists they claim to represent.
Or how piracy is being used to stop free open -legal- filesharing.
There are many more...

I think, out of all the ideas this one is the most promising.
Though I'd love to tackle the Banksters. Maybe we can tie that one in somehow? (Lies. Seriously, If you don't want it accessed, don't hook it up!)

Perhaps a grand tale of the opposition of the 1337 (them) to Anonymous (us)? But it should not take the center stage. The real-life issues should.

Peter Vesterbacka:

Sounds like a nice way to bring together something new and something old, always a nice contrast.

Tobias Wacker:

Relevant idea. We are currently in times of media revolution, and don’t find enough time to reflect what that actually means to society and humanity.