From the House of the Dead - La Monnaie / De Munt

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.

Directed by Krzysztof Warlikowski

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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