The Fall of the House of Usher is an opera by Peter Hammill (music) and Chris Judge Smith (libretto).

In the 1980s Hammill performed "The Sleeper" a capella at a Poetry reading festival in Amsterdam in October 1983, and in New York in July 1986.

At live concerts in 1991 and 1992 Hammill frequently sang a suite of songs from the opera, officially released on the video/DVD In The Passionskirche.

Paul Stump, in his History of Progressive Rock, commented of The Fall of the House of Usher that "what might be seen as possibly the most appropriate vessel for a Hammill chef d'oeuvre is merely seventy-five minutes of excruciating mannerism ... meandering, formless, electronic non-opera at its warbling worst.

"[4] Music composed by Peter Hammill; Libretto lyrics written by Chris Judge Smith; except where noted.