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From the House of the Dead

20071h 40min

Set in a Siberian prison camp, Janacek's final opera centers on the experiences of recent arrival Alexandre Petrovitch Goriantchikov (Olaf Bar), a nobleman who finds relief from the harsh conditions in the friendship of the illiterate Alyeya (Eric Stoklossa). Recorded at the Grand Theatre de Provence, this stage production is directed by the well-respected Patrice Chereau and features famed conductor Pierre Boulez. Filmed at the Aix-en-Provence Festival on 20 July 2007.

Cast

Pierre Boulez

Self - Conductor

Olaf Bär

Alexander Petrovich Goryanchikov

Eric Stoklossa

Alyeya

Štefan Margita

Filka Morosov, imprisoned under the name of Luka Kuzmich

Peter Straka

The tall prisoner

Vladimír Chmelo

The short prisoner

Sulzenko Jiri

The camp commandant

Heinz Zednik

The old prisoner

John Mark Ainsley

Skuratov

Jan Galla

Chekunov

Tomáš Krejčiřík

The drunken prisoner

Martin Bárta

The cook

Vratislav Kříž

The priest

Susannah Haberfeld

A prostitute

Marián Pavlovic

Kedril

Peter Hoare

Shapkin

Gerd Grochowski

Shishkov

Andreas Conrad

Cherevin

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