
From the House of the Dead
Drama
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.
Top Cast


Willard White
Willard White
Alexandre Petrovitch Goriantchikov
Willard White
Alexandre Petrovitch Goriantchikov
Eric Stoklossa
Eric Stoklossa
Alieïa
Eric Stoklossa
Alieïa


Štefan Margita
Štefan Margita
Filka Morosov
Štefan Margita
Filka Morosov
Ladislav Elgr
Ladislav Elgr
Skuratov
Ladislav Elgr
Skuratov


Peter Mattei
Peter Mattei
Šiškov
Peter Mattei
Šiškov


Esa-Pekka Salonen
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Self - Conductor
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Self - Conductor
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