Sisters of the Storm, a chamber opera
Music: Justine F. Chen
Libretto: Marcus Yi
Funded by the 2025 New Music Creator Grant
“Sisters of the Storm,” is a 90-minute chamber opera that delves into the complexities of intergenerational trauma and the struggle for healing within an all-female Asian American family. Cordelia, a queer Chinese American woman attempts to reunite with her estranged family, only to find her mother lost in the grips of dementia and convinced she is King Lear. Can the family break the cycle of the past, or are they destined to repeat it?
WORKSHOPS:
- Libretto Reading Workshop Preview available upon request
CAST:
CORDELIA: Coloratura Soprano
GENEVIEVE: Dramatic Soprano
REGINA: Lyric Soprano
HELEN: Mezzo-Soprano
INSTRUMENTATION: String Quartet
Sisters of the Storm was supported by New Music USA's Creator Fund in 2025-26
JUSTINE F. CHEN
COMPOSER AND VIOLINIST
Honored to share news of my 2025 DEMOCRACY CYCLE commission from PAC NYC and the Civis Foundation. Stay tuned for more on MUSEUM OF THE UNAMERICANS, w/ Donald Nally and The Crossing! press release
THRILLED to announce New Music Creator Fund Grant support for my chamber opera SISTERS OF THE STORM with librettist Marcus Yi!
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