More than a hundred performers performed on the main stage as well as at other locations in the port, with the programme even involving a large part of the audience. The opera included references to Janko Polic Kamov, Rijeka’s poet and artist who heralded the arrival of the European avant-garde.
Also, about a score of boats in the port were included in the programme of this opera directed by filmmaker Dalibor Matanic. The event combined sounds of the city, industry and noise, classical instruments, choral singing, ringing bells and sounds made by the audience.
At the end a fireworks display was set up.
On 1 February, Rijeka and the Irish coastal city of Galway took the title of European Capitals of Culture in 2020.