From the House of Dead
Opera in three acts
Libretto
Leos Janacek (nach dem Roman Aufzeichnunge aus einem Totenhaus von Fjodor Michailowitsch Dostojewskij
Premiere
12 April 1930, Brno (National Theatre)
Cast
ALEXANDR PETROVIC GORJANCIKOV (baritone)
ALJEJA (mezzo-soprano)
LUKA KUZMIC (alias of FILKA MOROZOV) (tenor)
TALL PRISONER (tenor)
SHORT FAT PRISONER (baritone)
PRISON GOVERNOR (bass)
ELDERLY PRISONER (tenor)
PRISONER WITH EAGLE (tenor)
SKURATOV (tenor)
CEKUNOV (bariton)
DRUNK PRISONER (tenor)
PRISONER-COOK (bass)
PRISONER-BLACKSMITH (bass)
PRIEST (bass)
YOUNG PRISONER (tenor)
WENCH-TRAMP (mezzo-soprano)
PRISONER PLAYING DON JUAN AND THE BRAHMIN (bass)
KEDRIL (tenor)
SAPKIN (tenor)
SISKOV (bass)
CEREVIN (tenor)
GUARD (tenor)
SECOND GUARD (bass)
VOICE OFFSTAGE (tenor)
CHORUS
prisoners
Place
Time
Middle of the 19th Century