Pakistan, Nov. 15 -- Kanye West's 2019 opera is back in the spotlight - this time because a singer claims the production came with locked doors, unfinished music and unpaid promises.

Opera singer Chase Taylor has filed a federal lawsuit against West and several associated companies, alleging he was effectively confined inside a Wyoming high school band room while helping prepare Nebuchadnezzar for its Hollywood Bowl debut.

According to the 45-page complaint, filed November 11 in North Carolina, Taylor had accepted a principal singing role expecting to rehearse a completed opera.

Instead, he says he was given just days to help finish the music and prepare more than 150 performers.

Taylor alleges that after arriving at Cody High School ...