[ACT I — THE ARIA] [Grand operatic soprano, intimate and controlled] [Very sparse orchestra] [Slow, reverberant concert hall] Ahhh... Sera no vaia... Luma sai... Ora veluna... Sera... Sera no vai... Ahhhhhhh... [Long sustained soprano note] [Orchestra breathes beneath the voice] O luma... Sai... Vela no... Vela sai... [ACT II — THE ASCENT] [Coloratura begins] [Voice becomes increasingly agile] [Intervals widen] Ah-ri-a... Ah-ri-a... Veluna sai... O-ra... O-ra... O-ra veluna... [Rapid ascending coloratura] Va-li-a... Va-li-a... Va-li-a... Saaaaai... [Extreme high sustained note] [Brief silence] [ACT III — THE FRACTURE] [Tempo begins increasing] [Orchestral pulse emerges] [Impossible vocal agility] Va-li-a, va-li-a, va-li-a Sai-ah-sai-ah-sai Ra-ka-ti-la Ra-ka-ti-la Ra-ka-ti-la-va-sa Ah! Ah! Ah! [Extreme octave leaps] [Rapid staccato coloratura] Ra-ti-va! Sa-li-ra! Va-ti-sa-li-ra! Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah! [Voice begins functioning as percussion] Ta-ka-la-va Ta-ka-la-va Ta-ka-la-va-sa Ri-ya! Ri-ya! Ri-ya! [ACT IV — HUMAN / MACHINE] [Electronic rhythm enters beneath full orchestra] [Sub bass emerges] [Voice and rhythm interlock] [Increasingly superhuman vocal performance] VA-LI-A! Ra-ka-ti-la-va-sa Ra-ka-ti-la-va-sa Ra-ka-ti-la-va-sa! Ah-ri-ah-ri-ah-ri-ah-ri-AHH! [Impossible cascading coloratura] Sai-va-li-ra-ti Sai-va-li-ra-ti Sai-va-li-ra-ti-VA! [Massive operatic-electronic climax] AAAAAAAAAAAAAH! [Orchestra and electronic rhythm abruptly disappear] [ACT V — RETURN] [Silence] [One unaccompanied soprano voice] Sera... [Long pause] No vaia... [Very soft orchestra returns] O luma... Sai... [One final impossibly pure sustained note] Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh... [Voice slowly fades naturally] [Orchestra resolves beneath it] [Long reverberation] [No abrupt ending] [Silence]
