In this quartet, Willem Gajes explains why sowing fear and panic can be extremely helpful in obtaining his goal.<br /><br />This opera, on a libretto by Franz K. Custos, is based on the short story 'The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether' by Edgar Allan Poe. In this story, the patients of a home for the mentally handicapped manage to take over power by imprisoning their carers. However, their victory is short-lived: when nurse Angelica ends up in hospital after having been administered a 'saving vaccine', the 'order-followers' of the story turn against the occupiers and these are overpowered and handed over to the police. The opera ends with an evaluation of how things could have gone so wrong and it outlines a possible road toward forgiveness of the wrongdoers. <br /><br />Please bear in mind that this rendition sometimes hugely differs from reality. The most striking differences are:<br />- the necessary rubato is only reproduced approximately.<br />- spoken text during a song is displayed as silence.<br />- spoken text on a prescribed rhythm is rendered at certain pitches, as if it were sung.<br /><br />The vocal score of the opera can be viewed and downloaded here: <a href="https://www.eduarddeboer.org/pu-met-voorwerk/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.eduarddeboer.org/pu-met-voorwerk/</a>. The libretto by Franz K. Custos can be viewed and downloaded here: <a href="https://www.eduarddeboer.org/libretto-ne-en/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.eduarddeboer.org/libretto-ne-en/</a>. A scenario and overview of the numbers can be viewed and downloaded here: <a href="https://www.eduarddeboer.org/scenario-ne-en/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.eduarddeboer.org/scenario-ne-en/</a>.<br />...<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3yE_Gc9U2E" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3yE_Gc9U2E</a>