The Fall of the House of Usher (1928): Silent Film Screening w/ Live Music
Date & Time
Sun Oct 26 2025 at 08:00 pm to 10:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
Marigny Opera House | New Orleans, LA
Details
This Poe silent film screening is accompanied by Jeff Pagano's live score, performed by the Delachaise Ensemble of Candlelight Concert fame!About this Event
Sunday, October 26, 2025
Performance at 8:00PM | Doors at 7:30PM
Suggested Donation: $25 - General Admission // $15 - Student, senior, etc.
None turned away for lack of funds, no pressure
Experience Edgar Allan Poe’s 'The Fall of the House of Usher' like never before. This special event presents a newly composed original score, performed live alongside Jean Epstein’s legendary 1928 silent film adaptation — a surreal, dreamlike interpretation of Poe’s story of madness, decay, and the supernatural.
The new score, composed by , weaves together elements of surrealist classical music, dark ambient soundscapes, and avant garde chamber writing, intensifying the film’s unsettling atmosphere. Drawing inspiration from early modernists like Erik Satie and Arnold Schoenberg, and echoing the spectral worlds of Poe’s own imagination, the music conjures a crumbling mansion haunted by memory, bloodline, and fate.Scored by Jeff Pagano
Live Orchestration by
Artists:
- Violin
- Violin
- Viola
- Cello
Jim Riley - Guitar
Event Location
Marigny Opera House, 725 Saint Ferdinand Street, New Orleans, United StatesTickets & Booking Details
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