From the House of the Dead (Z mrtvého domu) 7 years old

Leos Janáček’s opera live at the Opéra Bastille, Paris on November 15th, 2017

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.

Credits

From the House of the Dead Cast

Name	Character
Willard White He was 71, now 78 years old	as Alexandre Petrovitch Goriantchikov
Peter Mattei He was 52, now 59 years old	as Šiškov

From the House of the Dead Crew

Name	Department
Patrice Chéreau as Director. He was 73 (68) years old when He died	Directing
Fyodor Dostoyevsky as Original Story. He was 196 (59) years old when He died	Writing
Leoš Janáček as Original Music Composer. He was 163 (74) years old when He died	Sound
Leoš Janáček as Writer. He was 163 (74) years old when He died	Writing