The performance, sung by soprano Rhian Owen and baritone Dominic Burns,  was timed at 4 minutes 9 seconds, and was certified by adjudicators from the Guinness Book of Records as the world's shortest opera, beating the previous record held by Darius Milhaud's Deliverance of Theseus (1928), which lasts just over 7 minutes.
A soprano and baritone duo performed a condensed version of an opera that lasted only 4 minutes and 9 seconds. This achievement was recognized by Guinness World Records as the shortest opera ever, surpassing Darius Milhaud's Deliverance of Theseus (1928), which took significantly longer to perform.