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

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Reviewed at War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco on 8 December 2015
Getty, Usher House
Debussy, La Chute de la Maison Usher
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
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