Philip Glass: The Fall of the House of Usher

Given Poe’s many musical metaphors, it’s disappointing to find Glass’s trademark motor rhythms do surprisingly little to point the drama...Having said which, there’s plenty to admire about the... — Opera, April 2020 More…

Release Date: 22nd Nov 2019
Catalogue No: OMM0138
Label: Orange Mountain

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Glass, P: The Fall Of The House Of Usher

Jonas Hacker, Ben Edquist, Matthew Adam Fleisher, Nicholas Nestorak, Madison Leonard
Wolf Trap Opera, Inscape Chamber Orchestra
Joseph Li

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Orange Mountain Music presents the premiere recording of Philip Glasss 1988 opera based on Edgar Allen Poes THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER with a libretto by Arthur Yorinks. Premiered in 1988, the opera has been one of Glasss most popular yet has never received a recording until now performed by Wolf Trap Opera Artists, Inscape Chamber Orchestra under conductor Joseph Li. The performance features a stellar cast including Jonas Hacker as Roderick Usher, Ben Edquist as William, Matthew Adam Fleisher as the Servant, Nicholas Nestorak as the Physician, and Madison Leonard as Madeline Usher. Glass's gothic opera, part of a trilogy of dark operas including Kafka's The Trial and In the Penal Colony, receives a stunning studio recording produced by Soundmirror. The package includes two booklets including a full libretto, and photos of the 2017 production.

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April 2020

Given Poe’s many musical metaphors, it’s disappointing to find Glass’s trademark motor rhythms do surprisingly little to point the drama...Having said which, there’s plenty to admire about the way the composer sustains momentum, primarily through his imaginative use of the offstage, somnambulist Madeline (well voiced here by Madison Leonard)…’Decent’ perhaps says it all.

Philip Glass: The Fall of the House of Usher

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