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.
as Goryančikov
as Aljeja
as Filka
as Tall Prisoner / Nikita
as Prison Governor
as Elderly Prisoner
as Prisoner / Čekunov / Cook
as Drunk Prisoner
as Blacksmith / Don Juan
as Šiškov / Priest
as Prisoner
as Prostitute
as Kedril
as Šapkin
as Čerevin
as Guard
