Condensing the life stories – memories of prison in Silesia – related by Dostoyevsky in his work The House of the Dead, Leoš Janáček composed an opera filled with burning desire and longing. Contagious savagery, cruelty and brutality are exacerbated by the confines of the prison. However, within its concrete walls emerge both tenderness and cruelty at the sight of an injured bird; a multitude of stories and highly personal monologues. With this production, first performed at the Wiener Festwochen in 2007, the Paris Opera pays tribute to Patrice Chéreau.
Genre: Drama
Stars: Willard White, Eric Stoklossa, Štefan Margita, Ladislav Elgr, Peter Mattei, Esa-Pekka Salonen
Crew: Leoš Janáček (Writer), Leoš Janáček (Original Music Composer), Fyodor Dostoevsky (Original Story)
Country: France
Language: Český
Studio: Opéra National de Paris
Runtime: 100 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Nov 15, 2017
IMDb: 10
Keywords:opera, live performance
