Sisters of the Storm, a chamber opera

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Music: Justine F. Chen

Libretto: Marcus Yi              

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Funded by the 2025 New Music Creator Grant

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“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?

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WORKSHOP PERFORMANCES:

Singapore Unbound 2024

 - Libretto Reading Workshop Preview available upon request

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Excerpts of SISTERS OF THE STORM in Performance

Composition Faculty Recital

Third Street Music School

7 PM February 12, 2027

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CAST:

CORDELIA: Coloratura Soprano  

GENEVIEVE: Dramatic Soprano              

REGINA: Lyric Soprano            

HELEN: Mezzo-Soprano

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INSTRUMENTATION: String Quartet 

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Sisters of the Storm was supported by New Music USA's Creator Fund in 2025-26