Goryančikov
Willard White
Goryančikov
Overview
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
Aljeja
Pascal Charbonneau
Aljeja
Filka
Štefan Margita
Filka
Tall Prisoner / Nikita
Nicky Spence
Tall Prisoner / Nikita
Prison Governor
Alexander Vassiliev
Prison Governor
Elderly Prisoner
Graham Clark
Elderly Prisoner
Prisoner / Čekunov / Cook
Ivan Ludlow
Prisoner / Čekunov / Cook
Drunk Prisoner
Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts
Drunk Prisoner
Blacksmith / Don Juan
Ales Jenis
Blacksmith / Don Juan
Šiškov / Priest
Pavlo Hunka
Šiškov / Priest
Prisoner
Florian Hoffmann
Prisoner
Prostitute
Natascha Petrinsky
Prostitute
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