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Content warning: violence, death, murder
Based on a 1960s film by the same name, this story follows two doctors, James and Sam, when an argument turns deadly.
Based on a 1960s film by the same name, this story follows two doctors, James and Sam, when an argument turns deadly.
Composer: Chris Thornborrow
Librettist: Morris Panych
A woman is being examined by various doctors. Weakly, she sings of what she used to be. One doctor smears lipstick on her. She doesn’t want to go.
Composer: Gareth Williams
Librettist: Michael Pollard
A meditation on the discrimination intersex athletes face from their peers. A woman wins a gold medal, but her struggles to get there mean nothing to the organization and the other athletes. She’s disqualified and shamed.
Composer: John Harris
Librettist: Anna Chatterton
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Excerpts
Soloists and chorus sing the numbers attributed to HIV-1 and HIV-2 by the International Comitte of Taxonomy of Viruses.
As the Democratic Republic of Congo fights for its independence, patients are being hospitalized and dying from AIDS-related illness.
From the perspective of a beauty mark that progresses into a serious medical complication.
A spoken monologue about the arrival of HIV to North America and Gaetan Dugas, the presumed patient-0.
A solo by the mezzo-soprano about nuns sex-shaming in hospitals, while the chorus repeatedly sings "sanctus".
An ode to alcohol and cocktails that devolves into a listing of medications.
The soloists describe AIDS as a black lion and a pack of hyenas, while the chorus continues listing medications.
James, an eye doctor wanting to keep his new x-ray vision, argues with his colleague Sam and accidentally kills him, as his assistant Diane watches.
A woman cryptically remembers her past as she is briefly examined by three different people.
An intersex woman wins a gold medal, but her struggles to get there mean nothing to the organization and the other athletes. She’s disqualified and shamed.
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