Gordon Getty - Usher House
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Label: Pentatone
Cat No: PTC5186451
Format: Hybrid SACD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Opera
Release Date: 10th February 2014
Contents
Artists
Christian Elsner (tenor)Etienne Dupuis (baritone)
Phillip Ens (bass)
Lisa Delan (soprano)
Benedict Cumberbatch
Orquestra Gulbenkian
Conductor
Lawrence FosterWorks
Usher HouseArtists
Christian Elsner (tenor)Etienne Dupuis (baritone)
Phillip Ens (bass)
Lisa Delan (soprano)
Benedict Cumberbatch
Orquestra Gulbenkian
Conductor
Lawrence FosterAbout
Gordon Getty has based his opera on 'The Fall of the House of Usher' by Edgar Allan Poe. The novel is considered Poe’s most famous work of prose. This highly unsettling macabre work is recognized as a masterpiece of American Gothic literature. As G R Thomson writes in his Introduction to Great Short Works of Edgar Allan Poe: “the tale has long been hailed as a masterpiece of Gothic horror; it is also a masterpiece of dramatic irony and structural symbolism”.
The same can be said about Gordon Getty’s music, which is both accessible and exiting.
This is a world premiere recording.
Cast:
- Edgar Allan Poe: Christian Elsner (tenor)
- Roderick Usher: Etienne Dupuis (baritone)
- Doctor Primus: Phillip Ens (bass)
- Madeline Usher: Lisa Delan (soprano)
- Attendant special guest: Benedict Cumberbatch
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