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This old ‘House’ a bit shaky as multi-Mitisek ushers in COT regime with goth Philip Glass

Feb 26, 2013 – 4:32 pm
Ryan MacPherson Roderick tormented by entombment of Madeline Fall House Usher Philip Glass Chicago Opera Theater 2013 cred Liz Lauren

Review: On paper this looks like a no-brainer: American opera’s most influential composer of the 20th century transforming a gothic horror tale by Edgar Allen Poe, the 19th century’s master of the macabre. You can almost taste the possibilities for sustained tension and terror. Goth drollery is needed, but COT’s twice-twisted tale meanders. ★★★