Hila Plitmann, Soprano  
Helga Davis, Vocalist and Improviser  
Christopher Burchett, Baritone  
Claudio Prima, Folksinger and Accordionist  
Paola Prestini, Composer  
Julian Wachner, Conductor  
Decoda Orchestra  
The Choir of Trinity Wallstreet  

Released on VIA Records (Vision Into Art) in November 2014.

With a libretto by Donna Di Novelli, and poetry culled by Paola Prestini, Oceanic Verses is a 60 minute work featuring improviser Helga Davis, soprano Hila Plitmann, folksinger Claudio Prima and baritone Christopher Burchett.  A meditation on fading civilizations, the exploration is led by an archaeologist, whose investigation into the ‘artifacts of song’ carries her into a collision of the past and present. 

A film by Ali Hossaini within the opera, offers a contemporary perspective of the character’s emotional journeys.  The sequences are a part of a larger video environment that immerses the opera’s players and audience in the folkloric landscape that inspired it.