| Bernhard Kontarsky | Conductor | |
| John Fulljames | Director | |
| Michael Levine | Set Designer | |
| Christina Cunningham | Costume Designer | |
| Chœurs de l'Opéra de Lyon | ||
| Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon | ||
| James Farncombe | Lighting Designer | |
| Finn Ross | Video | |
| Carolyn Downing | Sound | |
| Philip White | Choirmaster / chorus director | |
| Régis Debray | ||
| Sava Lovov | Comedian | |
| Jean-Noel Briend | Tenor | Walter Benjamin |
| Michaela Kušteková | Soprano | Asja Lācis |
| Michaela Selinger | Mezzo-soprano | Hannah Arendt |
| Charles Rice | Bass | Arthur Koestler |
| Scott Wilde | Bass | Gershom Sholem |
| Jeff Martin | Baritone | Bertolt Brecht |
| Gilles Ragon | Tenor | André Gide |
| Károly Szemerédy | Baritone | Max Horkheimer |