The Girl With No Door On Her Mouth
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nocturnal marine phosphorescence, evoking both beauty and fragility. The Mercy Suite exists in a tight, almost airless space of loneliness and alienation. Rainer Weins' de-tuned, spare and ethereal guitar parts paint a landscape that is fragile, mystical and dangerous. The horrible truth of Mercy's life comes to light through musical snapshots burdened by an internal homelessness that is part of the human heart. This monodrama on destitution is a reworking of sections of the character Mercy from Weins' opera Down Here On Earth (a role performed by Krucker for Autumn Leaf Performance).

"The girl with no door on her mouth", a world premiere, is a collage of the award-winning Anne Carson's most visceral poetry and Wende Bartley's richly layered electroacoustic magic that mines the intimate feminine soul. It begins with Emily Dickinson escaping the weight of the patriarchy and then enters worlds where female characters explore the tension between mind and body while the performing space is saturated with the sensual.

Fides Krucker specializes in 20th century music and extended vocal technique, and in Canada is known for her performances of Canadian composer R. Murray Schafer's works, among them Arcana for the CBC, and numerous presentations for Autumn Leaf Performance: Melusina in Hermes Trismegistos (inside Union Station), and Ariadne in Requiems for the Party Girl (for which she received a Dora nomination) as well as Pierrot Lunaire (Schoenberg). She is a founding member of the female (continued)