From the House of the Dead

Synopsis

From the Salzburg Festival 1992 Based on Dostoevsky's 'diary' of his years as a political detainee, Janáček's singular opera, with ist profoundly disturbing, but ultimately uplifting, message about the human condition, is set in a nineteenth-century Siberian prison camp. This Salzburg Festival production by Klaus-Michael Grüber graphically depicts the grinding tedium of life in this penal colony. A superb cast is headed by the great Bulgarian bass Nicolai Ghiaurov, and Claudio Abbado conducts the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in a performance hailed as a musical triumph. (Sung in the original Czech version)

Additional Info

• No: R0580
• Composer: Leos Janacek
• Conductor: Claudio Abbado
• Orchestra: Wiener Philharmoniker, Chorus of the Vienna State Opera
• Artists: Nicolai Ghiaurov, Philip Langridge, Heinz Zednik, Monte Pederson, Andrea Rost
• Production year: 1992
• Run time: 01:31:00
• Director: Staged by Klaus-Michael Grüber
• Producers: RM Arts/ORF/ZDF/NHK/ARTE/RTP
• Format: HDTV