From the House of the Dead

Die Geschichte

Inhaltsangabe auf Englisch

Set in a Siberian prison camp, Janacek's final opera centers on the experiences of recent arrival Alexandre Petrovitch Goriantchikov (Olaf Bar), a nobleman who finds relief from the harsh conditions in the friendship of the illiterate Alyeya (Eric Stoklossa). Recorded at the Grand Theatre de Provence, this stage production is directed by the well-respected Patrice Chereau and features famed conductor Pierre Boulez. Filmed at the Aix-en-Provence Festival on 20 July 2007.

Besetzung

P Pierre BoulezSelf - Conductor O Olaf BärAlexander Petrovich Goryanchikov E Eric StoklossaAlyeya Š Štefan MargitaFilka Morosov, imprisoned under the name of Luka Kuzmich P Peter StrakaThe tall prisoner V Vladimír ChmeloThe short prisoner S Sulzenko JiriThe camp commandant H Heinz ZednikThe old prisoner J John Mark AinsleySkuratov J Jan GallaChekunov T Tomáš KrejčiříkThe drunken prisoner M Martin BártaThe cook

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V Vratislav KřížThe priest S Susannah HaberfeldA prostitute M Marián PavlovicKedril P Peter HoareShapkin G Gerd GrochowskiShishkov A Andreas ConradCherevin