22nd March

Concert will begin at 12:15 hours GMT

Janácek's 'From the House of the Dead' with Bloom, Davronov, Wood and Martiník from Amsterdam

Janácek's 'From the House of the Dead' is an opera in three acts. The libretto was translated and adapted by the composer from the 1862 novel by Dostoyevsky. In a Siberian prison camp on a winter morning, the prisoners get up, two get into a dispute, as the rumour is spread that a nobleman will be the new arrival. He is Alexandr Petrovitch Goryantchikov, a political prisoner. The prison governor interrogates him and orders him to be flogged. Performers:

Alexandr Petrovic Gorjancikov: Joshua Bloom.
Aljeja: Bekhzod Davronov.
Šiškov: Roland Wood.
Placmajor: Jan Martiník.
Šapkin: Alexey Dolgov.
Luka (Filka Morozov): Stephan Rügamer.
Skuratov: Julian Hubbard.
Starecek: Frank van Aken.
Vezen malý: Tim Kuypers.
Vezen vysoký: Zbigniew Malak.
?ekunov: Frederik Bergman.
Don Juan (Brahmín): Sam Carl.
Pobehlice: Maria Warenberg.

Netherlands Radio Choir and Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Karina Canellakis,

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