I want to thank Peter Swinnen, Jan Michiels, Donald Bousted and Bart Bouckaert for their support and advice over the past years. I would also like to thank all those idealistic people involved in the opera. Be it the actors/singers, the painter Marc Kirschvink the director/librettist Nicole Erbe, video artist Ludwig Kuckartz, set designer, the musicians, the technicians and the co-producers.