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Janáček: From the House of the Dead (2018)

ALL 05/01/2018 (en) Music, Drama 99 Min
  • Release
    05/01/2018
  • Production
    BelAir Classiques
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  • Original title
    Janáček: From the House of the Dead
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
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Overview

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.”

  1. Andy Sommer

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. François Duplat

    Producer



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Casts

  1. Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper

  2. Peter Rose

    Alexander Petrovich Goryanchikov

  3. Evgeniya Sotnikova

    Aleya

  4. Aleš Briscein

    Luka Kuzmich

  5. Charles Workman

    Skuratov

  6. Bo Skovhus

    Shishkov

  7. Christian Rieger

    Prison Governor

  8. Bayerische Staatsorchester

  9. Manuel Günther

    Nikita

  10. Tim Kuypers

    Small Prisoner

  11. Ulrich Reß

    Old Prisoner

  12. Boris Prýgl

    Cook (a prisoner)

  13. Peter Lobert

    Pope

  14. Johannes Kammler

    Cekunov

  15. Long Long

    Guard

  16. Kevin Conners

    Sapkin

  17. Galeano Salas

    Drunken Prisoner

  18. Alexander Milev

    Blacksmith (a prisoner)

  19. Dean Power

    Cerevin

  20. Matthew Grills

    Kedril

  21. Callum Thorpe

    Don Juan / Brahmane

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 21 , Crews : 11

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Janáček: From the House of the Dead (2018) 99 Min

ALL 05/01/2018 (en)
Music, Drama
  • Release 05/01/2018
  • Production
    BelAir Classiques
  • Original title Janáček: From the House of the Dead
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

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.”

  1. Andy Sommer

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. François Duplat

    Producer



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