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Jeanne (2009)  75 min. (in progress)

text by Justine F. Chen

coloratura soprano, bass (also singing falsetto), tenor, mezzo, baritone; full orchestra



The Life and Death(s) of Alan Turing

BEST WORLD PREMIERE 2023 - Chicago Tribune

ca. 110 min.

text by David Simpatico​

lyric baritone, leggiero tenor, lyric tenor, coloratura soprano, mezzo-soprano, SATB chorus; full orchestra (32-person)

Commissioned by American Lyric Theater

World Premiere: March 2023   PRESS CLIPPINGS

Watch a Video Excerpt COT 2019​

 

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The Maiden Tower (2005)  40 min.

text by Justine F. Chen
solo bass, solo soprano, solo tenor, actress; fl/picc, B-flat cl., fh, harp, piano, percussion (plus timpani), 2 vns, va, vc, db; computer electronics, quadraphonic speaker set-up

Three, Two, One- BANG! (2008) 25 min.
​youth opera based on Macbeth

text by Justine F. Chen
sung roles: 2 sop., 2 mezzo, 1 tenor, 1 baritone; spoken roles: 2 males and 2 males or females;
string quartet + piano

Commissioned by Long Leaf Opera, 2008

The Dragon (2010) 50 min.
children's opera based on the tale by R. Akutagawa

text by Justine F. Chen
soprano, mezzo, tenor, bass, optional chorus and piano; also orchestrated: 3 flutists + percussion

Commissioned by North Carolina Opera

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Sisters of the Storm (in progress) 90 min.

text by Marcus Yi

1 Mezzo-Soprano, 3 Sopranos.

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Seven Sisters (in progress) 90 min.

Text by Stephanie Fleischmann

4 sopranos, 2 mezzo-sopranos, 1 spinto

Watch a Video Sample: aria "Childless"

Watch a 5 min promo

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TWA  [working title] - IN PROGRESS

Based on Twa Sisters, the ballad

Text by Jacqueline Goldfinger

read about the first workshop