Incest – COR

COR

Operas

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.

Composer: Melissa Hui

Librettist: Jovanni Sy

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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.

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.

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.