Ialfa

Featured performers:

Narrator - Deule, scribe to Isde Ikhsior
Principal Soloist- The most eminent Isde Ikhsior, Eplakil of Seteblite (bass)

Other soloists:

His Supremacy, Emperor Tasole the Fourth, Lord of all Borgim (baritone)
Isde Sepe, attendant to His Supremacy, and Eplakil of Rasomgaeresukis (tenor)
Isde Pesodi, Eplakili of Dimhimofo (soprano)
Isde Lare, Eplakil of Bliquoldolli (tenor)
Isde Nemdimhe, Eplakil of Meldokesami (baritone)
Isde Veldo, Eplakil (bass)
Isde Isoklai, Dowager Eplakili of Seteblite (alto)
Bazomi of Dimhimofo, romheli of the court, and attendant to Isde Pesodi (mezzo)

Suboque to sil Eler Gesamir, The Most Capable Gidomi Ambassador (bass)

Various other lords and ladies of the Imperial Court of Borgim.

Kligoye, High Nuragere of the Court, (tenor)
Fatoalo, Court Astrologer (baritone)

Egubite, Isde Ikhsior's nuragere (baritone)
Gelfise, Isde Ikhsior's tailor (baritone)
Leghi, Isde Ikhsior's accompanist, (nilanpi--tuned percussion)

Various other artists and servitors of the Court

Various villagers, traders and craftsmen of the genunkimdi

Prelude

To the most eminent inhabitants of the Coral Palace I humbly present this new form of Art, the art of life-stories, or as it might have been called in the ancient tongue, paeklibhao.

Out of all the lords of the land, I have chosen Isde Ikhsior as my subject, for I have had the privilege of serving at his side ever since he unexpectedly inherited the position of Eplakil of Seteblite.

His life as courtier may not, perhaps, be as invigorating a subject as his earlier adventures as commander of a trading vessel, but the affairs of the truly eminent must surely be worthy of the court's attention, and so in my own small way I attempt to serve the causes of art and truth.

Written by my own hand
Deule, scribe