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y separately published work icon The Fall of the House of Usher : One Act Opera After Edgar Allen Poe single work   musical theatre   opera   - One act.
Adaptation of The Fall of the House of Usher Edgar Allan Poe , 1839 single work short story
Note: Libretto by Gwen Harwood, music by Larry Sitsky.
Issue Details: First known date: 1974... 1974 The Fall of the House of Usher : One Act Opera After Edgar Allen Poe
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Notes

  • Based on the story by Edgar Allan Poe.
  • Dedication: To Rex Hobcroft with many thanks

Production Details

  • 'Commissioned for the Festival of Australian Opera, Hobart 1965 and printed with the assistance of the Music Board, The Australia Council for the Arts.'
  • 'This opera was the very first to be staged at the Sydney Opera House on 25th July 1973.'

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Works about this Work

Gwen Harwood: Words and Music Gregory Kratzmann , 2006 single work essay
— Appears in: Reflected Light : La Trobe Essays 2006; (p. 285-301) 'This essay is concerned mainly with what [Gwen Harwood] claimed to be her most satisfying work, the writing of librettos, words to be set to music.'
[To Larry Sitsky 14.11.1964] i "Usher's residence was cracked", Gwen Harwood , 2001 single work poetry
— Appears in: A Steady Storm of Correspondence : Selected Letters of Gwen Harwood : 1943-1995 2001; (p. 196)
By Way of Music : Some Thoughts on Poetry and Music Gwen Harwood , 1990 single work criticism
— Appears in: OzMuze , December vol. 1 no. 3 1990; (p. 11-12)
Gwen Harwood: Words and Music Gregory Kratzmann , 2006 single work essay
— Appears in: Reflected Light : La Trobe Essays 2006; (p. 285-301) 'This essay is concerned mainly with what [Gwen Harwood] claimed to be her most satisfying work, the writing of librettos, words to be set to music.'
By Way of Music : Some Thoughts on Poetry and Music Gwen Harwood , 1990 single work criticism
— Appears in: OzMuze , December vol. 1 no. 3 1990; (p. 11-12)
[To Larry Sitsky 14.11.1964] i "Usher's residence was cracked", Gwen Harwood , 2001 single work poetry
— Appears in: A Steady Storm of Correspondence : Selected Letters of Gwen Harwood : 1943-1995 2001; (p. 196)
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