USA Premiere Composer Gordon Getty Librettist Gordon Getty Based On the short story by Edgar Allan Poe Company San Francisco Opera Association Location San Francisco, CA Venue War Memorial Opera House Season 2015-2016 Language English Creative/Crew Conductor Lawrence Foster Director David Pountney Associate Director Polly Graham Production Designer Niki Turner Video Production Designer David Haneke Lighting Designer Tim Mitchell Lighting Supervisor Benjamin Nader Choreographer Jo Jeffries Assistant Conductor Christopher Ocasek Musical Preparation Laura Poe Noah Lindquist John Churchwell Prompter Noah Lindquist Supertitles Sophie Rashbrook Assistant Stage Director(s) José Maria Condemi E. Reed Fisher Stage Manager(s) Lisa Anderson Dance Master Lawrence Pech Costume Supervisor Christopher Verdosci Wig and Makeup Jeanna Parham Cast Edgar Allan Poe Jason Bridges Roderick Usher Brian Mulligan Madeline Usher (dancer) Jamielyn Duggan Doctor Primus Anthony Reed Madeline Usher (voice) Jacqueline Piccolino Show Dates Tue, Dec 8 2015, 7:30pm Thu, Dec 10 2015, 7:30pm Fri, Dec 11 2015, 7:30pm Sun, Dec 13 2015, 2pm Media Image Jason Bridges (Edgar Allan Poe), Usher House, Gordon Getty. San Francisco Opera, 2015-16. Photographer: Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera. Jason Bridges (Edgar Allan Poe) Credit Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera Image Brian Mulligan (Roderick Usher), Usher House, Gordon Getty. San Francisco Opera, 2015-16. Photographer: Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera. Brian Mulligan (Roderick Usher) Credit Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera Image Jason Bridges (Edgar Allan Poe), Usher House, Gordon Getty. San Francisco Opera, 2015-16. Photographer: Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera. Jason Bridges (Edgar Allan Poe) Credit Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera Image Jamielyn Duggan (Madeline Usher), Anthony Reed (Doctor Primus), Usher House, Gordon Getty. San Francisco Opera, 2015-16. Photographer: Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera. Jamielyn Duggan (Madeline Usher) and Anthony Reed (Doctor Primus) Credit Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera Image Brian Mulligan (Roderick Usher), Jamielyn Duggan (Madeline Usher), Jason Bridges (Edgar Allan Poe), Usher House, Gordon Getty. San Francisco Opera, 2015-16. Photographer: Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera. Brian Mulligan (Roderick Usher), Jamielyn Duggan (Madeline Usher), Jason Bridges (Edgar Allan Poe) Credit Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera Image Jason Bridges (Edgar Allan Poe), Usher House, Gordon Getty. San Francisco Opera, 2015-16. Photographer: Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera. Jason Bridges (Edgar Allan Poe) Credit Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera Sponsors This production made possible by Jan I. Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem. Acknowledgements By arrangement with Rork Music, publisher and copyright owner. Legacy Commission Part I of a double bill with "La Chute de la Maison Usher" Notes US PREMIERE / UNITED STATES PREMIERE First performance: Welsh National Opera, 2014. ------------------ San Francisco Opera co-production with Welsh National Opera. Assistant Stage Managers: Andrew Landis, Sarah Bingel, Jimmy Marcheso, Jennifer Harber
Image Jason Bridges (Edgar Allan Poe), Usher House, Gordon Getty. San Francisco Opera, 2015-16. Photographer: Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera. Jason Bridges (Edgar Allan Poe) Credit Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera
Image Brian Mulligan (Roderick Usher), Usher House, Gordon Getty. San Francisco Opera, 2015-16. Photographer: Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera. Brian Mulligan (Roderick Usher) Credit Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera
Image Jason Bridges (Edgar Allan Poe), Usher House, Gordon Getty. San Francisco Opera, 2015-16. Photographer: Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera. Jason Bridges (Edgar Allan Poe) Credit Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera
Image Jamielyn Duggan (Madeline Usher), Anthony Reed (Doctor Primus), Usher House, Gordon Getty. San Francisco Opera, 2015-16. Photographer: Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera. Jamielyn Duggan (Madeline Usher) and Anthony Reed (Doctor Primus) Credit Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera
Image Brian Mulligan (Roderick Usher), Jamielyn Duggan (Madeline Usher), Jason Bridges (Edgar Allan Poe), Usher House, Gordon Getty. San Francisco Opera, 2015-16. Photographer: Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera. Brian Mulligan (Roderick Usher), Jamielyn Duggan (Madeline Usher), Jason Bridges (Edgar Allan Poe) Credit Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera
Image Jason Bridges (Edgar Allan Poe), Usher House, Gordon Getty. San Francisco Opera, 2015-16. Photographer: Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera. Jason Bridges (Edgar Allan Poe) Credit Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera