From the House of the Dead - La Monnaie / De Munt

Release Date: 2018-07-03

Overview: 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.

Rating: 0 / 10

Cast

Willard White

as Goryančikov

Pascal Charbonneau

as Aljeja

Štefan Margita

as Filka

Nicky Spence

as Tall Prisoner / Nikita

Alexander Vassiliev

as Prison Governor