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

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