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At San Francisco Opera, Usher House falls dramatically... twice

By Ilana Walder-Biesanz, 10 December 2015
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Reviewed at War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco on 8 December 2015
Programme
Getty, Usher House
Debussy, La Chute de la Maison Usher
Performers
San Francisco Opera
Lawrence Foster, Conductor
Sir David Pountney, Director
Jason Bridges, Edgar Allan Poe
Brian Mulligan, Roderick Usher
Anthony Reed, Doctor Primus
Jamielyn Duggan, Madeline Usher
Jacqueline Piccolino, Lady Madeline
Joel Sorenson, Le Médecin
Edward Nelson, L’Ami
San Francisco Opera Orchestra
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Ilana Walder-Biesanz
Ilana Walder-Biesanz
Ilana Walder-Biesanz is a product manager for Yahoo, a theatre and opera critic, and a classically trained mezzo-soprano. She explored theater and opera stagings as a Gates Scholar at Cambridge and as a Fulbright Scholar in Germany. She currently writes for Bachtrack, San Francisco Classical Voice, and Stark Insider. Twitter: @ilana_wb.