Leoš Janáček From the House of the Dead
(Z mrtvého domu)
Opera in three acts
Libretto by Leoš Janáček.
Sung in Czech
New production
PREMIERE
- 04 August 1992, 20:00
- 10 August 1992, 20:00
- 21 August 1992, 20:00
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Claudio Abbado, Conductor
Klaus Michael Grüber, Stage director
Eduardo Arroyo, Stage sets
Eduardo Arroyo, Costumes
Vinicio Cheli, Lighting design
Peter Burian, Chorus master
Ellen Hammer, Dramaturgy
Nicolai Ghiaurov, A. P. Gorjantschikow
Elzbieta Szmytka, Aljeja
Barry McCauley, Filka
Barry McCauley, Luka
Bojidar Nikolov, Large convict
Richard Novak, Small convict
Harry Peeters, Commander
Josef Veverka, Very old convict
Philip Langridge, Skuratow
Pavel Kamas, Tschekunow
Ulrich Großrubatscher, Drunken convict
Walter Zeh, Cook
Josef Stangl, Smith
Franz Wimmer, Pope
Stefan Margita, Young convict
Christiane Young, Prostitute
Richard Haan, Convict
Richard Haan, Don Juan
Alexander Oliver, Kedril
Heinz Zednik, Schapkin
Monte Pederson, Schischkow
Miroslav Kopp, Tscherewin
Peter Fraiss, 1st Guard
Nikolaus Simkovsky, 2nd Guard
Andrea Rost, Voice behind the Scene
Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera Chorus
Vienna Philharmonic