From the House of the Dead (2017)

From the House of the Dead (2017)

Leos Janáček’s opera live at the Opéra Bastille, Paris on November 15th, 2017 2017-11-15 France 100 Min. PG-13
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Overview

Condensing the life stories – memories of prison in Silesia – related by Dostoyevsky in his work The House of the Dead, Leoš Janáček composed an opera filled with burning desire and longing. Contagious savagery, cruelty and brutality are exacerbated by the confines of the prison. However, within its concrete walls emerge both tenderness and cruelty at the sight of an injured bird; a multitude of stories and highly personal monologues. With this production, first performed at the Wiener Festwochen in 2007, the Paris Opera pays tribute to Patrice Chéreau.

Cast

Willard White is Alexandre Petrovitch Goriantchikov
Alexandre Petrovitch Goriantchikov
Eric Stoklossa is Alieïa
Alieïa
Štefan Margita is Filka Morosov
Filka Morosov
Ladislav Elgr is Skuratov
Skuratov
Peter Mattei is Šiškov
Šiškov
Esa-Pekka Salonen is Self - Conductor
Self - Conductor

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