From the House of the Dead - La Monnaie / De Munt
Storyline
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.
Cast
Willard White
Goryančikov
Pascal Charbonneau
Aljeja
Štefan Margita
Filka
Nicky Spence
Tall Prisoner / Nikita
Alexander Vassiliev
Prison Governor
Graham Clark
Elderly Prisoner
Ivan Ludlow
Prisoner / Čekunov / Cook
Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts
Drunk Prisoner
Ales Jenis
Blacksmith / Don Juan
Pavlo Hunka
Šiškov / Priest
Florian Hoffmann
Prisoner
Natascha Petrinsky
Prostitute
John Graham-Hall
Kedril
Peter Hoare
Šapkin
Alexander Kravets
Čerevin