"Orango" - prologue to an unfinished opera by Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975), conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen, performed by the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Mariinsky Theatre Academy. In the 1920s, Soviet biologist Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov carried out a series of experiments to create a human/nonhuman ape hybrid. Three female chimpanzees were inseminated with human sperm. No pregnancy occurred.. In 1929 he organized a set of experiments involving nonhuman ape sperm and human volunteers, but was delayed by the death of his last orangutan.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Esa-Pekka SalonenSelf - Conductor | Self - Conductor |
 Natalia PavlovaSuzanna | Suzanna |
| DDmitro KoljeuškoIvanov | Ivanov |
| NNatalia JakimovaRenée | Renée |
| AAleksander ŠagunArmand Fleury | Armand Fleury |
| AAleksander TrofimovPaul Mâche | Paul Mâche |
| IIvan NovoselovOrango | Orango |
| VVladimir BabokinForeigner 1 | Foreigner 1 |
| OOleg LosevForeigner 2 | Foreigner 2 |
| LLeo ElhardtVoice from the crowd | Voice from the crowd |
| DDenis BeganskiThe Entertainer | The Entertainer |
| JJuri JevtšukNot listed | Not listed |