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From the House of the Dead

From the House of the Dead

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Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 15, 2017

Runtime

1h 40m

Genres

Drama

Original Title

Z mrtvého domu

Production Companies

Opéra National de Paris

Description

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.