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Man With the X-Ray Eyes
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.
Composer: Chris Thornborrow
Librettist: Morris Panych

Man With the X-Ray Eyes
Man With the X-Ray Eyes
Restoration
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

Restoration
Restoration
What is She?
Content warning: misgendering, intersex discrimination

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

What is She?
What is She?
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Excerpts
Dark Star Requiem – “Zero Six One”

Soloists and chorus sing the numbers attributed to HIV-1 and HIV-2 by the International Comitte of Taxonomy of Viruses.

Dark Star Requiem – “Congo and one of the four H’s”

As the Democratic Republic of Congo fights for its independence, patients are being hospitalized and dying from AIDS-related illness.

Dark Star Requiem – “Beauty Mark” (aria)

From the perspective of a beauty mark that progresses into a serious medical complication.

Dark Star Requiem – “0”

A spoken monologue about the arrival of HIV to North America and Gaetan Dugas, the presumed patient-0.

Dark Star Requiem – “Sentinel”

A solo by the mezzo-soprano about nuns sex-shaming in hospitals, while the chorus repeatedly sings "sanctus".

Dark Star Requiem – “Cuba Libre”

An ode to alcohol and cocktails that devolves into a listing of medications.

Dark Star Requiem – “Black Lion”

The soloists describe AIDS as a black lion and a pack of hyenas, while the chorus continues listing medications.

Man With the X-Ray Eyes – Man with the X-Ray Eyes

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.

Restoration – Restoration

A woman cryptically remembers her past as she is briefly examined by three different people.

What is She? – What is She?

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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