Janáček From the House of the Dead (Czech: Z mrtvého domu, German: Aus einem Totenhaus, French: De la maison des morts) opera to a libretto by the composer after the Dostoevsky novel Notes from the House of the Dead. Directed 2018 by Frank Castorf at the Bayerische Staatsoper (Bavarian State Opera) in Munich. Stars Peter Rose (Aleksandr Petrovič Gorjančikov), Evgeniya Sotnikova (Aljeja), Aleš Briscein (Luka Kuzmič [Filka Morozov, in prison under the name Luka Kuzmič ]), Charles Workman (Skuratov), Bo Skovhus (Šiškov), Christian Rieger (Prison Governor), Manuel Günther (Nikita the Big Prisoner/Prisoner with the Eagle), Tim Kuypers (Small Prisoner/ the Bitter Prisoner), Ulrich Ress (Old Prisoner), Boris Prýgl (Cook), Peter Lobert (Pope), Johannes Kammler (Čekunov), Kevin Conners (Šapkin/ Happy Prisoner), Alexander Milev (Blacksmith), Matthew Grills (Kedril/Actor/Young Prisoner), Niamh O’Sullivan (A Prostitute), Callum Thorpe (Don Juan [Brahmane]), Dean Power (Čerevin/A Voice), Galeano Salas (Drunk Prisoner), and Long Long (Guard). Simone Young conducts the Bayerisches Staatsorchester and the Chorus of the Bayrische Staatsoper (Chorus Master Sören Eckhoff). Set design by Aleksandar Denić; costume design by Adriana Braga Peretzki; lighting design by Rainer Casper; video design by Andreas Deinert, Jens Crull, and Stefanie Nirschl; dramaturgy by Miron Hakenbeck. Directed for TV by Andy Sommer; produced by François Duplat. Sung in Czech. Released 2020, disc has 5.1 dts-HD Master Audio sound. Grade: NA
Here’s a trailer from the Bayerische Staatsoper:
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