Gregory Brumfield

The Fall of the House of Usher: Friend

A native of Gary, Indiana and now living in Corvallis, Oregon, Gregory has sung as a soloist and/or chorister with the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the San Francisco Opera, the Madison Opera, the Dallas Opera, the Virginia Opera, and the Wichita Opera companies. He is a currently a regular chorister with the Portland Opera Company. He recently performed as Ol’ Mister and the Preacher in the Portland Center Stage production of THE COLOR PURPLE. His favorite musical roles include: Jim, BIG RIVER; Booker T. Washington, RAGTIME; and Javert, LES MISERABLES. Gregory received his degree in Theater from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Gregory has been a church choir and youth choir conductor at several houses of worship in Madison, Wisconsin.

Events featuring Gregory Brumfield

The Fall of the House of Usher

Based on the story by Edgar Allan Poe
Libretto by Arthur Yorinks

August 25 – 28, 2022

When a man visits his ill childhood friend Roderick Usher after many years apart, he is shaken to his core by the foreboding atmosphere and sense of evil that pervades the household and its inhabitants. His attempts to understand and address the literal and figurative "illness" that permeates Usher's house fail at every turn, and he is unable to deter Usher, his sister Madeline, and the house itself from their swift descent into the abyss. The hauntingly beautiful and strange music of Philip Glass perfectly captures every nuance and inner nerve of this powerful story by Edgar Allan Poe.

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