BLO's 'Usher' embeds Edgar Allan Poe's gothic horror story within a contemporary nightmare
BLOâs âUsherâ embeds Edgar Allan Poeâs gothic horror story within a contemporary nightmare By Jeremy Eichler Globe Staff,Updated February 4, 2021, 2:00 p.m. Email to a Friend Philip Glass's opera is reimagined for the screen as a dark, dream-washed fantasia.operabox.tv/Boston Lyric Opera When the pandemic hit, rather than just closing up shop for the season or creating a pale digital imitation of its traditional offerings, Boston Lyric Opera approached the disruption as an opportunity to throw out older scripts. Theaters are closed (and BLO didnât have a permanent ve...
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