Persona

Opera by Thierry Tidrow, Szofía Geréb and Franziska vom Heede
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Persona is a chamber opera for three singers, strings and synthesizer for a target audience of 12 to 15 year olds. In a world dominated by masks and performance, children are more than ever conditioned to follow suit, whether online, after school or in the classroom. Persona focuses on three teenagers with radically different values and priorities. Charlie is popular at school but is secretly trapped in her dysmorphia, Rocco overacts his masculinity, whilst posting drag makeup home tutorials, and Alex prioritizes her activist causes to any form of real social bond.

Delving into their newly added PERSONA profiles (an addictive hybrid of known platforms, with an added diary feature), they are forced to make decisions that will expose them in unexpected ways. The role of the audience here is novel: Slipping into the roles of their followers they influence the path our three protagonists will face. Each show is thus unique and can result in drastically different outcomes, shaping both the plot and the fate of all three heroes.

scheduled for May 2021

Creative Team

Director | Zsófia Geréb

Composition | Thierry Tidrow

Game Developer | Sven Ehrentraut

Dramaturgy | Michael Eickhoff, Merle Fahrholz, Matthias Keller, Roman Senkl

Libretto | Franziska vom Heede

Photo I Björn Hickmann

Persona is a chamber opera for three singers, strings and synthesizer for a target audience of 12 to 15 year olds. In a world dominated by masks and performance, children are more than ever conditioned to follow suit, whether online, after school or in the classroom. Persona focuses on three teenagers with radically different values and priorities. Charlie is popular at school but is secretly trapped in her dysmorphia, Rocco overacts his masculinity, whilst posting drag makeup home tutorials, and Alex prioritizes her activist causes to any form of real social bond.

Delving into their newly added PERSONA profiles (an addictive hybrid of known platforms, with an added diary feature), they are forced to make decisions that will expose them in unexpected ways. The role of the audience here is novel: Slipping into the roles of their followers they influence the path our three protagonists will face. Each show is thus unique and can result in drastically different outcomes, shaping both the plot and the fate of all three heroes.

Creative Team

Director | Zsófia Geréb

Composition | Thierry Tidrow

Game Developer | Sven Ehrentraut

Dramaturgy | Michael Eickhoff, Merle Fahrholz, Matthias Keller, Roman Senkl

Libretto | Franziska vom Heede

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National Library Theatre Hall
Tõnismägi 2 (location)
10122 TallinnEstland

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