La chute de la maison Usher

About the show

Roderick Usher lives in his crumbling ancestral home with his twin sister Madeline and her doctor. Roderick’s friend arrives. After Madeline is found dead and buried in a vault, the friend reads Roderick a medieval tale as a storm rises. At its climax, Madeline appears bloodied: she was buried alive and drags her brother to his death. The house collapses as the friend escapes. Debussy’s version heightens Roderick’s incestuous feelings and makes the doctor, his rival for Madeline, more sinister.