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SF Opera’s Fall of the House of Usher Double Bill

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My review of San Francisco Opera's Usher House and La Chute de la maison Usher is up on KQED Arts.

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There was a fair amount of inappropriate laughter at the Gordon Getty piece, but this was more about staging than music. Also the use of "Eddie" to refer to Poe struck some as amusing. Many people around me seemed clearly bored, the man next to me in Row J Seat 7 nearly fell asleep.

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    montefalco@earthlink.net

    I didn’t hear any inappropriate laughter in the orchestra. I enjoyed myself, which is the important thing. Didn’t care for the sets too much, and I thought the stage direction lacked imagination throughout. I liked Gordon Getty’s music, I liked the libretto in each piece. Clearly not for everyone, of course.

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