Mephisto teasing the audience	Aiutante uploading Margherita's mind	Mephisto stops Margherita embracing Fausto

  Synopsis:

Summary of the plot

  Background:

• Story: The Gnostic Fausto. Back to the Future. By Oscar Vilarroya.
• Music: The Music of Fausto. By Kris Stroobants.
• Technology: Mephisto's technologies, a glossary. By Luc Steels.

  Bios:

• Music and Libretto: Luc Steels and Oscar Vilarroya
• Solists: Steven Brooks (Fausto), Kamil Ben Hsaïn Lachiri (Mephisto), Anja Van Engeland (Margherita).
• Actor: Katrien Beuls (Aiutante - helper of Mephisto)
• Orchestra: Frascati Symphonic - Violin: Astrid Gijsels, Chika Sasaki, Delejan Brynaert, Yana Chernichenko, Dejana Sekulic; Altviolin: Danila Mashkin, Laura Vaquerizo; Cello: Koen Berger, Karen De Meyer; Contrabas: Olivier Garnier; Flute: Alice De Voght; Oboe: Frauke Elsen; Clarinet: Pieterjan Moeys, Bassoon: Valerie Trangez; Horn: Diechje Minne.
• Choir: Sopraan: Chris Magnus, Hanne Raport-Hautekiet, Jo Jodts, Anna Wood, Veerle Van Bouchaute; Alt: Hilde Bossens, Magda Bakelants, Els Van Hooste, Liesbet Vereertbrugghen; Tenor: Eric Van Leuven, Bert Lemmens, Matthias Valvekens, Wolf Wauters; Bas: Jo Cops, Dong Hoon Van Uytsel, Robert Van Roosbroeck, Pierre Van Hecke.

  Press:

• The AI composer Interview with Luc Steels in the journal Nature Sept 2017
• Fausto - An AI opera BBC 4 Inside Science 28 sept 2017