Name: The Fall of the House of Usher
Start: 2009-11-22T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2009-12-09T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Kanneltalo

Organization

Singer

Soprano

Sanna Heikkinen

Madeleine Usher

Tenor

Tuomas Katajala

Roderick Usher

Baritone

Jussi Ziegler

William

Lassi Virtanen

Physician

Bass

Jari Parviainen

Servant

Conductor

Harri Karri

Stage director

Vilppu Kiljunen

Set designer

Kimmo Viskari

Lighting designer

Helena Roivainen

Suomalainen Kamariooppera

The Fall of the House of Usher

Helsinki

Finland

Aleksanterin Teatteri

Kanneltalo

The Fall of the House of Usher Glass

Public

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Theorbist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Costume designer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Makeup artist

Orchestra

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Bass-baritone

Countertenor

Mezzo-soprano

Contralto

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

According to Edgar Allan Poen Novell

The Fall of the Usher House is a two-act opera for orchestra and soloists (1987), libretto by Arthur Yorinks. 


Poe’s famous horror story has fascinated poets, dramatists and composers for over a hundred years. Poe alludes a lot in his text, but brings out hardly anything. Is the story real or is it a hallucination? What is the narrator’s (William) relationship with his friend Roderick Usher and Roderick’s dying sister, Madeline? Has Madelin been buried alive, or is the demon of hell making a spectacular revenge at the end? Is the great house and community in which they live a perverted nest of evil? Incest, homosexuality, murder, and the supernatural are present in the work, but again, they may only exist in the imagination of the audience.

English

The Fall of the House of Usher by Glass, Sun 22 Nov 2009, From (2009/2009), Directed by Vilppu Kiljunen,, Conductor Harri Karri, Kanneltalo, Helsinki, Finland

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Programme, About & Synopsis

Photos

Further reading

Performance Dates & Venues

Venues