Opera based on a true story | Denis & Katya | Dutch National Opera
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The opera Denis & Katya successfully premiered during the Opera Forward Festival. In this trailer director Ted Huffman tells you more about Denis & Katya and the real events it was based on.
On 14 November 2016, two Russian 15-year-olds started livestreaming their story on the website Periscope. The live stream revealed how they ran away from home, went into hiding, had a confrontation with the police and how this ultimately led to their death. As the day wore on, Denis and Katya continued to livestream and the number of online viewers continued to grow. Conspiracy theories abounded, fan sites appeared. Denis and Katya became an internet sensation that, much like their own lives, was only very brief.
Libretto: Ted Huffmann
Musical direction: Tim Anderson
Stage direction: Ted Huffman
Set and lighting design: Andrew Lieberman
Costumes: Raphaela Rose
Video: Pierre Martin
Sound: Simon Hendry
Dramaturgy: Ksenia Ravvina
Soloists
Michael Wilmering
Inna Demenkova*
*Dutch National Opera Studio
Orchestra: Musicians of the Residentie Orkest The Hague
Original Production by Opera Philadelphia, Music Theatre Wales and Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier
Sung in English
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