A wasp larva slowly eats the body of an old spider.

Il Giudizio di Pigmalione (The Judgment of Pygmalion) was inspired by the myth of the sculpture Pygmalion as told in Ovid’s Metamorphosis:

“He made, with marvellous art, an ivory statue, As white as snow, and gave it greater beauty Than any girl could have, and fell in love with his own workmanship.”

This setting of the myth (the libretto ...

Dave, a patient in need of cardiological care, is having surgery while under the influence of "joy juice" (anaesthetic). Two nurses and a self-proclaimed cardiology “god” attempt to save him.