Diamanda Galás. Masque of the red death. ARS Electronica. 1986.

The first part of the Divine Punishment is given on June 23rd 1986 at the Osweg Shipyards as a world premiere for the ARS Electronica Festival. All texts from THE DIVINE PUNISHMENT are taken from the OLD TESTAMENT except for part III of Free Among the Dead. Free Among the Dead is dedicated to Tom Hopkins. Executive Production: Intravenal Sound Operations, San Diego. ARS Electronica, Linz, Austria. Mute Records, London. NEA Opera / Music Theatre, Washington D.C. The Kitchen, N.Y.C. Informusic Studios and the Third Wave Productions, San Francisco.