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as props at its premiere. A warning was issued in the program to audience members who might be wearing "pace-makers, hearing aides, or any form of electric, magnetic, mechanical or metallic implant or prosthetic device".
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The opera depicts Tesla's life as a series of reversals of fortunes. The two-hour work, sung in
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Kennedy, Susanne 2003, "Lightning conductor: IHOS' Tesla",
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