A new opera, 'Denis & Katya,' tells the real-life story of two teens in Russia who staged a dramatic standoff with police and died by apparent suicide. It could have been just another strange story of violence, but for one factor: social media.
"At ten minutes into the broadcast, she asks the Periscope viewers: should we stop shooting? Should we give up?"
The teens fired for hours at responding police as the officers surrounded the cabin where they were holed up. According to the BBC, Russian police said they did not return fire and the teens showed"clear signs of suicide." That sparked a three-year effort to bring Denis and Katya's story to the stage -- with Venables, Huffman and Ravvina traveling to Russia to meet the people involved, including a Russian journalist who immediately reported on the tale and Denis' best friend.
The staging features projected words, including comments from viewers on the original Periscope stream and, in a twist, real WhatsApp conversations between Venables and Huffman discussing how to put on the very production the audience is watching.
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