Overview
The Magic Flute was a good neuro-typical depiction of love between a male and a female character. It had a few familiar tropes; the guy has to chase the girl, girls’ mother disapproves of guy, the guy has to prove himself etc. I think we see this kind of couple a lot in TV and other media depictions. However, we always see it between a guy and a girl. There is not enough LGBT representation in media. The ones that are shown either hypersexualized or something extremely bad happens to them i.e. murder or suicide or a mental illness/disorder. It leaves a bad connotation for those apart of the LGBTQ+ society. I think an opera about an LGBTQ+ relationship would be a great way to be really inclusive. The opera would be innocent and relatable.
Plot
This particular Opera would be about two girls. One is out and proud (Girl B) and the other (Girl A) not so much. It isn’t that she is scared, most of the people she knows are quite accepting, she just does not particularly want her friends to know her sexuality. But a new girl comes to her high school covered in rainbows and pride flags not ashamed of who she loves and wanting everyone to know it. The two girls become really close friends and Girl A finds herself falling for Girl B. But since she has not told anyone about her preferences she does not know how to tell Girl B that she likes her. Girl B is convinced that Girl A is straight and that she has no chance. Girl A starts with small things like buying her flowers and telling her how pretty she thinks she is, but Girl B just thinks she is being nice and does not read into it. It escalates from taking Girl B to the movies all the way up to buying her a puppy and taking her on a road trip to Florida because Girl B has always wanted to go. But Girl B does not recognize that Girl A is trying to woo her. Girl A finally gives up but the opera ends with Girl B realizing that Girl A has been trying to woo her. And she then when they are back in New York Girl B decides to just come out and tell her she likes her by taking her out on a coffee date.
Characters and costume
Girl A would be the girl who has a few friends she holds dear and is more into books then going out. Her outfit would be almost like a private school uniform but more modern. It would have the checkered skirt and polo top. Her aura would be kind of shy and very self-aware. her colors would be blue and purple to symbolize how wise she is.
Girl B would be more girly and would rock flowy skirts that she would use to accentuate her movements. Her colors would be yellow and white. Girl B would be the literal sunshine in the room. She would have very curly hair as well and wear glasses.
Stage Set
The stage would be the backdrop of New York City when they are outside. But when they are in the classroom it would be a typical public-school classroom.
Music
I want the music for Girl A to have a deeper sound then for girl B.
Girl B would have lighter music and would hit all the really high notes.
