From the House of the Dead - La Monnaie / De Munt
2018Posthumously 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.
Acted in
Willard White
as Goryančikov
Pascal Charbonneau
as Aljeja
Štefan Margita
as Filka
Nicky Spence
as Tall Prisoner / Nikita
Alexander Vassiliev
as Prison Governor
Graham Clark
as Elderly Prisoner
Ivan Ludlow
as Prisoner / Čekunov / Cook
Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts
as Drunk Prisoner
Ales Jenis
as Blacksmith / Don Juan
Pavlo Hunka
as Šiškov / Priest
Florian Hoffmann
as Prisoner
Natascha Petrinsky
as Prostitute
John Graham-Hall
as Kedril
Peter Hoare
as Šapkin
Alexander Kravets
as Čerevin
Alejandro Fonte
as Guard
