From the House of the Dead - La Monnaie / De Munt
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Overview
Posthumously premiered in 1930, From the House of the Dead derives from Dostoevsky’s autobiographical 1862 novel that drew on his experience as a political prisoner in Siberia. Janáček focuses on Dostoevsky’s idea of the “spark of God” in every human being that has the potential to redeem even the most hardened criminal.
Top cast
Willard White
Goryančikov
P
Pascal Charbonneau
Aljeja
Štefan Margita
Filka
N
Nicky Spence
Tall Prisoner / Nikita
A
Alexander Vassiliev
Prison Governor
G
Graham Clark
Elderly Prisoner
Ivan Ludlow
Prisoner / Čekunov / Cook
J
Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts
Drunk Prisoner
A
Ales Jenis
Blacksmith / Don Juan
P
Pavlo Hunka
Šiškov / Priest
F
Florian Hoffmann
Prisoner
N
Natascha Petrinsky
Prostitute
John Graham-Hall
Kedril
Peter Hoare
Šapkin
A
Alexander Kravets
Čerevin
A
Alejandro Fonte
Guard
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