Composer: Leoš Janáček

Librettist: Leoš Janáček, after Karel Čapek's comedy Věc Makropulos

Director: David Pountney

Designer: Maria Bjørnson

Lighting Designer: Michael Spray

Production originated: 1978

Date of last performance: 1994

Chorus: 10 sopranos, 10 mezzos, 10 tenors, 10 basses

Actors / dancers: None

On-stage musicians: 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 1 timpanist

Edition: Universal Edition

No of containers: 2

A co-production with Scottish Opera