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THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER
Chamber opera in two acts with a prologue
Running time: 1 hr. 30 min.
Conductor: Wojciech Michniewski
Soloists and Orchestra of the Polish National Opera
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For the first time a work of Philip Glass, an American composer, has appeared in the Polish National Opera in Warsaw. Set somewhere between the reality and hallucinations, with many things remaining unsaid, The Fall of the House of Usher is a story of passion evocatively building a feeling of dread. The action takes place in the title house, which according to Lovecraft, shares with its inhabitants the same soul. The opera is based on a famous story by Edgar Alan Poe, a dark stories’ master, and stays a masterpiece of gothic horror continuously fascinating and inspiring artist. In a repetitive style, typical of him, Philip Grass reveals the secrets of the unusual house and its residents inevitably heading for death. Glass is a total artiste creating not only operas (Einstein on the Beach), but also film music (The Hours by Stephen Daldry). Regardless of changing fashions, he remains a role model for successive generations of composers and listeners. The Polish premiere of the opera by Philip Glass, prepared for the 200th anniversary of Edgar Allan Poe’s birth is directed by Barbara Wysocka, one of the most interesting Polish young directors (The Curse by Wyspiański and The Drunkards by Bohomolec in the Teatr Stary in Cracow and Kaspar after Handke in the Teatr Współczesny in Wroclaw).
TERYTORIA (TERRITORIES) is an attempt to seek new aesthetic qualities and forms of expression, to delineate innovatory veins, to release unknown visions and associations. To collaborate on the pieces, Polish National Opera invites the most interesting contemporary musical, theatrical and visual artists. |
TERYTORIA (TERRITORIES). A series for the Chamber Hall. Presentation of 20th ans 21st century works of opera and ballet which are almost absent from Polish theatres. Modern, sophisticated, contemporary, exploring extreme, sometimes ultimate emotional states, they are usually inspired by great works of literature, while their music does not let one easily forget itself.
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