Posthumously premiered in 1930, From the House of the Dead derives from Dostoevsky’s autobiographical 1862 novel that drew on his experience as a political prisoner in Siberia. Janáček focuses on Dostoevsky’s idea of the “spark of God” in every human being that has the potential to redeem even the most hardened criminal.
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as Goryančikov
AliveBorn: October 10, 1946
Age: 79
as Aljeja
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as Filka
AliveBorn: August 3, 1956
Age: 70
Košice, Czechoslovakia [now Slovakia]
as Tall Prisoner / Nikita
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as Prison Governor
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as Elderly Prisoner
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as Prisoner / Čekunov / Cook
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as Drunk Prisoner
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as Blacksmith / Don Juan
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as Šiškov / Priest
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as Prisoner
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as Prostitute
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as Kedril
AliveBorn: January 23, 1955
Age: 71
as Šapkin
AliveBorn: October 17, 1961
Age: 64
as Čerevin
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as Guard
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