La Chute de la Maison Usher
Booking open
No seats available at presentUNFINISHED OPERAS BY CLAUDE DEBUSSY
AFTER TWO NOVELLAS BY EDGAR ALLAN POE
In 1908, further to the success of the premiere of Pelleas and Melisande, the director of the Metropolitan Opera in New York commissioned an opera from Claude Debussy, inspired by a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, the inventor of fantasy literature in the United States. Debussy finally chose two short stories and worked for several years on what was to be a two-part opera, but he died before it was completed. On alternate dates to the Pelleas and Melisande performances at the Bastille, the Amphitheatre proposes the discovery of these two unknown and fragmented works, which nevertheless reveal the very quintessence of Debussy’s genius.
| Jeff Cohen | Conductor |
| Jean-Philippe Clarac, Olivier Delœuil | Conception and Stage Directors |
| Rick Martin | Scenograper and Lighting Designer |
| Katherine Mcdowell | Costume Designer |
With
Philippe Addis Roderick Usher
Valérie Condoluci Madeline Usher
Alexandre Duhamel Le Médecin
Damien Pass The Friend
A PARIS OPERA PRODUCTION, AFTER THE PRODUCTION BY THE FRENCH NEW YORK OPERA IN COLLABORATION WITH THE L@B COMPAGNIE CLARAC-DELSUIL
> Encounter
around Debussy and The Fall of the House of Usher
February 2012: 16 (1pm)
> Film
by Jean Epstein The Fall of the House of Usher
February 2012: 23 (1pm)
Studio Bastille / Admission free, limited seating
Bookings at the box office, tel: 08 92 89 90 90 (0,34€ per minute) or on operadeparis.fr
