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An opera in one overture and two acts, composed to a libretto mathematically extracted
from two dictionaries of American English into a prime-based musical-visual environment

Conducted by Simona Strungaru
Stage direction by Javier López Piñón
Soprano Dory Grandia as the fundamental frequency of her own American accent
Alto Esther Maas as the fundamental frequency of her own American accent
Countertenor Harm Huson as the fundamental frequency of Joe Schlesinger's American accent
Tenor Edwin van Gelder as the fundamental frequency of Richard Zook's American accent
Bass Niels van Doesum as the fundamental frequency of Mitchell Sandler's American accent
Iulian Vecliuc playing the cor anglé characteristic to Dory
Lorin Lepadatu playing the basset-horn characteristic to Esther and Mitchell
Wendy Mermet playing the horn in F characteristic to Esther, Joe and Richard
Pablo Ruiz-Henao playing the bass trombone characteristic to Richard and Mitchell
Goran Krmac playing the tuba characteristic to Mitchell
Sebastian Burneci playing the piano and electric mains organ characteristic to the dB and intensity peaks of all five American voices
Alessandro Florio playing the semi-acoustic guitar characteristic to Dory and Joe
Adam Jeffrey playing the vibraphone in the overture and the timpani characteristic to Richard and Mitchell
Henning Luther playing the timpani in the overture and the tubular bells characteristic to Dory, Esther and Richard
Laurent Warnier playing the tubular bells in the overture and the vibraphone characteristic to Dory, Esther and Joe
Melanie Waite playing the violin characteristic to Dory and Joe
Antonis Pratsinakis playing the violoncello characteristic to Esther and Joe
João Santos playing the double bass characteristic to Richard and Mitchell

Technical design by Ron Edens
Light direction by André Pronk
Sound direction by Igor Shumlyanskiy
Filmed by Jasper Buurman