From the House of the Dead
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,
Willard White
Štefan Margita
Peter Mattei
Esa-Pekka Salonen