FAQs
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What is Gothpera all about?
Gothpera is a unique blend of traditional opera, timeless Gothic themes of love, loss, death, identity, and towering rock music, Added to which there is an audience participitatory ingredient both pre, during and post making every performance an unforgettable experience.
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What makes Gothpera unique?
Because it blends digital opera, human opera singers, holgrams, AI and rock music into one unforgetable immersive experience. Your partcipation, even during the live performance via your phone will draw you in unlike any opera before.
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What kind of stories and experience will it be?
Gothpera explores deep veins of love, infatuation, betrayal and loss, while the audience helps shape the character's journies. It's like an emotional roller coaster with a gothic twist. And with multiple branching endings the audience gets to choose whether they experienced a love story, a tradgedy or a moral tale.
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How does the interactive element of Gothpera work?
The app encourages the audience to interact in the performance adding a huge element of unpredictability to each performance. It allows using human opera performers in-theatre but similtaneously view the charcters (apparently) outside in the real world. The audience can talk to the performers via app texting, again, partially shaping the narrative.
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How can I explore the different endings for Gothpera?
The endings are a closely guarded secret. But we can promise you we'll keep you guessing until the end.
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Is it all digital and A.I.? Is there real Human Talent?
Yes, a Gothpera performance employs human opera singers, perforrmers, musicians as well as the digital characters. The team who bring you Gothpera involve David Ford (human) the principle music writer with Phil Ryan as co-music writer (also human). The Gothpera concept was written conceived by Myka England (very human).
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How can I get involved?
Easy, contact us on our contact page. We're eager to talk with collaborators, production companies, actors, singers, digital artists. Just drop us a line
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What inspired Gothera in the first place?
David Ford and Phil Ryan had already written an Opera around the 19 century novel "Trilby" by Georges du Maurier.
David played Myka England some sample tracks he had demo'ed from this period peice and tto her surprise Myka recognised the themes of adulation, manipulation, the forsaking of soul for money and success plus the fight for individuality from films like Bladerunner, Humans, or Black Mirror. This contemporary setting seemed perfect to bring in a contemporary digital vehicle to hold the story of Trilby - as a digital opera. Thus Gothpera was born.
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Why do you call Gothpera an opera, rather than a musical?
Becuase Gothpera is all about that grand sweeping story-telling style and the heightened emotions that come from perpetual themes, love loss infatuation betrayal. Operas traditionally have that rich immersive vibe, and that's exactly what we're aiming for here, rather than the dialogue heavy or casual feel of a musical.
