The hit series Tiger King - a hurtful drama that really suits the opera best?

In any case, Stuart Murphy, the director of the English National Opera, thinks so.

In The Guardian, he calls the story of eccentric zoo owner Joe Exotic a "mythical drama of today."

- Opera is the art form that best handles epic themes.

Rivalry, passion, betrayal, carnal lusts, monstrous betrayal.

It is within the opera that this story belongs, he tells the newspaper.

The first Tiktok opera

The project is called the first "Tiktok Opera" and is a collaboration between the English National Opera and Netflix.

The roles are played by some big Tiktok stars, such as Sophia Aurora, Hellovico and Hanna Lother.

In short clips, they tell the story of Joe Exotic and animal rights activist Carol Baskin.

The idea came about as a way to get a younger audience interested in opera.

Previously, the opera has, among other things, distributed free tickets to people under 21.

- It is important for us to be part of the public conversation, so that we are not seen as a closed art form, says Stuart Murphy.

The opera is not played for live audiences but can only be seen on the social media platform, and the singers are accompanied by the orchestra that plays the music from George Bizet's classic opera Carmen.