Janáček: From the House of the Dead (2018)
1h 39m
Running Time
May 1, 2018Release Date

Janáček: From the House of the Dead (2018)
1h 39m
Running Time
May 1, 2018Release Date

Plot.
Stage director Frank Castorf “might have been born to direct From the House of the Dead” (Opera Today). His gritty, visually striking adaptation brings bold modern and postmodern touches to Janáček’s masterwork without ever overshadowing the intense forward momentum of the music, conducted to dramatic perfection by Simone Young and sung by an all-star cast in Munich. Janáček adapted Dostoevsky for this powerfully compelling opera set in a Siberian prison camp, full of starkly contrasting moods and motifs, unusual in its episodic structure. The last opera Janáček ever composed, its third act was on his desk when he died in 1928; attempts by his students to “complete” his orchestration have largely fallen away over the decades in favor of the original version. Despite the grimness of the setting and the brutality of several characters, the composer’s compassion shines through in tender moments, movingly illustrating his motto for the work: “in every creature, a spark of God.”
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Cast & Crew.

Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper

Peter Rose
Alexander Petrovich Goryanchikov

Evgeniya Sotnikova
Aleya

Aleš Briscein
Luka Kuzmich

Charles Workman
Skuratov

Bo Skovhus
Shishkov

Christian Rieger
Prison Governor

Bayerische Staatsorchester

Manuel Günther
Nikita

Tim Kuypers
Small Prisoner

Ulrich Reß
Old Prisoner

Boris Prýgl
Cook (a prisoner)

Peter Lobert
Pope

Johannes Kammler
Cekunov

Long Long
Guard

Kevin Conners
Sapkin

Galeano Salas
Drunken Prisoner

Alexander Milev
Blacksmith (a prisoner)

Dean Power
Cerevin

Matthew Grills
Kedril

Callum Thorpe
Don Juan / Brahmane

Aleksandar Denić
Set Designer

Frank Castorf
Stage Director

Simone Young
Conductor

Adriana Braga Peretzki
Costume Design

Andy Sommer
Director

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Novel

Rainer Casper
Lighting Design

Leoš Janáček
Music / Writer

François Duplat
Producer

Günter Euringer
Cinematography
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This Movie Is About.
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