From the House of the Dead

libretto Leoš Janáček based on the work of Fjodor M. Dostojevski musical direction Pierre Boulez direction Patrice Chéreau artistic associate Thierry Thieû Niang scenography Richard Peduzzi costumes Caroline de Vivaise light design Bertrand Couderc performance Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Mahler Chamber Orchestra conductor Mahler Chamber Orchestra Erwin Ortner conductor Arnold Schoenberg Choir Jordi Casals cast Olaf Bär (Alexander Petrovitsch Gorjantschikov), Erik Stokloßa (Aljeja, een jonge Tataar), Stefan Margita (Filka Morozov, bekend als Luka Kuzmitsch), Peter Straka (De grote gevangene), Vladimir Chmelo (De kleine gevangene), Jiri Sulzenko (De garnizoenscommandant), Heinz Zednik (De zeer oude gevangene), John Mark Ainsley (Skuratov), Jan Galla (Tschekunov), Tomas Krejcirik (De dronken gevangene), Martin Bárta (De kok), Vratislav Kriz (De geestelijke), Olivier Dumait (De jonge gevangene), Susannah Haberfeld (Prostituee), Ales Jenis (Een gevangene in de rol van Don Juan en Brahmine), Marian Pavlovic (Kedril), Peter Hoare (Schapkin), Gerd Grochowski (Schischkov), Andreas Conrad (Tscherevin) voice behind the scene Olivier Dumait actors Thomas Bäuml, Helmut Gebeshuber, Rainer Maria Gradischnig, Dominik Grünbühel, Karl Hoess, Elsayed Kandil, Viktor Krenn, Günther Matzka, Max Mayerhofer, Kurt Raubal, Michael Reardon, Alexander Strauss, Florian Tröbinger, Darko Vukovic drums Michael Draskovits choir members Alexander Arbeiter, Christian Bammer, Istvan Ba, Akos Banlaky, Rumen Dobrev, Jörg Espenkott, Martin-Jacques Garand, Hans-Jörg Gaugelhofer, Roland Girardi, Peter Goldner, Peter Haigermoser, Gebhard Heeghmann, Christian Kostal, Martin Hulan, Raimund Klebel, Peter Kövari, Georg Kreuzbauer, Michal Kucharko, Tomasz Kufta, Alexander Linner, Daniel Mair, Nenad Marinkovic, Clemens Mondolfo, Thomas Palfner, Vladimir Prado, Johannes Puchegger, Victor Saxinger, Willi Spuller, Andreas Werner, Christoph Wutti, Christian Zehetner, Jürgen Zwick figuranten Georg Grunsky, Anita Evanzin, Claudia Haber, Iwona Sakowicz, Daniela Sonntag coproduction Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, Teatro alla Scala, Metropolitan Opera New York, Wiener Festwochen, Holland Festival with the support of Euronext