Het pand der goden (Dutch for The Building of the Gods) is an opera written by composer Johannes Helstone.
This act defies the gods' will, leading them to curse their daughter by making her irresistibly beautiful, resulting in her mysterious disappearance from the earth during a storm.
In 1963, there was a brief retrospective on Helstone's life, during which the content was mentioned again, as well as the fact that the work might have had several performances in German in Berlin.
Alongside his cousin Astrid Helstone, they organized the documents, receiving assistance from David Bazen of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
Their research led to a biography of Helstone by Diederik Burgersdijk titled Een opera voor Suriname; over Het pand der goden, and led to a (partial) performance by the Concertgebouw Orchestra under the direction of Otto Tausk.