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Defixiones, Will and Testament

Created by Diamanda Galás

Diamanda Galás: composition, voice, piano, arrangement, production
Blaise Dupuy: Recording Producer
Recitations by Shakeh Kadejian and Nicholas Bet-Gulawi

Edited and Mixed at Soutterain Studios, New Jersey and Intravenal Sound Studios, New York City
Special Thanks to Ernest Dupuy

Defixiones was originally commissioned by Wim Wabbes of Centre Vooruit
and first performed on September 11, 1999, at the Gravensteen Towers, The Castle of Gent, Belgium.
It was produced by Ellen Dennis and initial lighting design was by Rudolph Pribitzer.

The U.S. Premiere of Defixiones was on November 29, 2001, at Royce Hall, UCLA, and presented by David Sefton.
All but the following performances were recorded on that evening:

"Je Rame" The Metropolitan, Medellin, Colombia, June 2002
"Todesfuge" Arts International, New York City, June 2002
"See that My Grave is Kept Clean" Aula Magna, Portugal, September 2001

Project manager for Mute Records: Robert Schilling
Project manager for Intravenal Sound Operations: Maia T. Spilman, Esq.
Performance management: Tessa Derfner

Information can be found on Defixiones, Will and Testament at
www.diamandagalas.com
www.brainwashed.com/diamanda
Webmaster: Garth MacNeil
Brainwashed site: Thanks to Jon Whitney

Design: Rex Ray
Photography: Austin Young
Gown: David Dalrymple (Dalrympleshow@aol.com)
Stylist: ZALDY
Makeup: Mathu Anderson
Hair: Andrew Marlin
Production Assistant: Alison Brummer
Editorial Assistance provided by Dick Harlow Productions

Bird Drawing: Robert Knoke
Genocide Photos Courtesy of E. Rigos at Hellenic Genocide (www.greece.org/genocide),
The Estate of Henry Morgenthau, Nadia Seremtakis,
Armin Wegner, John Gager, and The National Geographic

For more information on the research materials used, go to the bibliography.