The story that I would choose for and opera for today's audience would be one with the basis of love, but tragic love that cannot be realized. I would write an opera that is based around two people, a man and a woman. That realize that they do love each other but are in extremely different sections of society and the love that they could share together would be looked down upon by their peers.

There would be two main characters, a young man and a young woman. The two would work in the same company, where they met. The young man would be perhaps a janitor or work in the mail room. The woman might be a corporate officer or a high ranking consultant.

The setting would be in a large metropolis, a large city bustling with activities. The focus would be on the two of them...