The "Lustres" are giant chandeliers that float in mid-air above the stage. They are decorated with some 4,000 sparkling “jewels” and garlands of reflective acrylic spheres.Four women, the Dead Clown’s former loves, come together in dreamlike joy. They perform aerial acrobatics on three giant chandeliers that spin above the Dead Clown’s bed.

The sobriety of the opening scene soon gives way to whimsy as four beautiful ladies, the Dead Clown's former lovers, ascend on the three chandeliers to perform a gorgeous aerial act. Combining skills from the disciplines of trapeze and aerial hoop, the women perform to the sounds of a lilting Italian waltz sung by Corteo's main vocalist, a sandy-voiced tenor.