Act One
• Scene One: Bench outside in a park
• Scene Two: In Gaufridy’s parish office, a stormy night
• Scene Three part one: Madeleine’s chambers at the convent
• Scene Three part two: Madeleine’s chambers at the convent
• Scene Four: Louise’s chambers
• Scene Five: In the church
• Scene Six: Large room, Madeleine and Louise are laying side by side
• Scene Seven: Madeleine’s chambers
• Scene Eight: Louise’s chambers
• Scene Nine: Madeleine’s chambers


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Act Two
• Scene Ten: In the church
• Scene Eleven: Dungeon
• Scene Twelve: Michaelis’ private chambers
• Scene Thirteen: Torture chamber
• Scene Fourteen: The trial of Louis Gaufridy
• Scene Fifteen: Public execution
• Scene Sixteen: Inside the church
• Scene Seventeen: Bench outside in a park


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The opera is based on a true event that transpired in the 1600’s in Aix-en-Provence, France that spurred a rash of following tragedies, specifically the trial of Father Louis Gaufridy accused of possessing two nuns at a convent, Madeleine de Demandolx and Louise Capeau. This was the first event that led to what you might recall is the event detailed in Penderecki’s Devils of Loudin. However, our operas couldn’t be more different. Additionally, our opera utilizes the role of a narrator from today that guides the audience in analyzing the events that transpired through the lens of modern psychology, i.e. sociopathic behavior was often masked as demonic possession.
© & ® Music: VoA VoXyD 2014/2015 - Libretto: Melissa Ferlaak. 
Recorded, mixed and mastered at the Akamaradara Studio, MN, USA. Timur vocals recorded at Wonderland Studio, CA, MN. 

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Demandolx, Nihilist Opera