Atalanta strategy is based on the anecdotal material of the second episode (' Willard') od the opera, Atlanta (Act of God). There are three kinds of scenes surrounding tha main anecdote, Willard´s story, which is sung by Robert Ashley. These surrounding scene are: 1) ' The Flying Saucer', in which th captain and lieutenant of an alien spaceship discuss the strange habits of human beings; 2) 'The Mulein the three' and ' The Mystery of the River', stories about the mountain people of Tennessee, where Willard comes from, and 3) ' Interview' with Robert Ashley during wich he related that the text of Atalanta (Act of God) dates from the 1940s and that the true author is unknown.