The Cellar Door

OVERVIEW

Title: The Cellar Door

Librettist: Jovanni Sy

Commissioned By: Tapestry Opera's Composer-Librettist Laboratory

Language: English

Producer: Tapestry Opera

Roles:

Role	Voice Type	Range ?	Character Description
Daniel	middle	C3-B4	Judith's brother
Judith	high	A3-D6	Daniel's sister

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Orchestration: Clarinet in Bb, Percussion, Harp, Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass

SYNOPSIS

Content warning: child sexual abuse, incest, death, murder

Judith and Daniel, long estranged siblings, are brought together by the passing of their father. Time has passed, but it seems like Judith hasn't changed at all. Daniel kills his sister when she wants to resume their childhood sexual relationship.

SCORES FOR PURCHASE

Piano Vocal Scores:

The Cellar Door – Piano Vocal Score

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Libretto:

The Cellar Door – Libretto

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Arias & Excerpts:

The Cellar Door - "Down there I won't go" (aria)

Daniel sings of his fear at the prospect of going down into the cellar of his childhood home, after his father has died.

Character	Voice Type	Range ?
Daniel	middle	D#3-B4

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The Cellar Door - "That's all you have to say?" (aria)

Judith sings angrily at her brother when he expresses his desire to leave their childhood home after their father has died.

Character	Voice Type	Range ?
Judith	high	F#4-D6

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The Cellar Door - The Cellar Door

Back in his childhood home after the death of this father, Daniel kills his sister when she wants to resume their childhood sexual relationship.

Character	Voice Type	Range ?
Daniel	middle	C3-B4
Judith	high	A3-D6

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PREMIERE PRODUCTION INFORMATION

Premiere Production: Opera to Go 2002 at Isabel Bader Theatre, Victoria University, Toronto for the Opera America Conference

Producers: Tapestry Opera

Cast:

Role	Name
Daniel	Peter Blanchet
Judith	Laura Whelan

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CREATION

QUOTATIONS FROM MEDIA

“Sensuous music and rapturous duets that simmered in lust…”
- Opera Canada Magazine

“Tender, joyous, sentimental…”
- Globe and Mail

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