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Warlikowski’s kinetic prison: Janáček's From the House of the Dead in Rome

Štefan Margita (Filka)
© Teatro dell'Opera di Roma | Fabrizio Sansoni
From the House of the Dead
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Leigh Melrose (Šiškov), Carolyn Sproule (Prostitute)
© Teatro dell'Ioera di Roma | Fabrizio Sansoni
Julian Hubbard (Skuratov)
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Erin Caves (Big prisoner)
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“the expressive power of everything that is on stage sometimes sacrifices the musical side”
Reviewed at Teatro Costanzi, Teatro dell'Opera, Rome on 23 May 2023
Janáček, From the House of the Dead
Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Dmitry Matvienko, Conductor
Krzysztof Warlikowski, Director
Małgorzata Szczęśniak, Set Designer
Felice Ross, Lighting Designer
Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Coro del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Denis Guéguin, Video
Mark S Doss, Alexandr Petrovič Gorjančikov
Pascal Charbonneau, Aljeja
Štefan Margita, Luka Kuzmič (Filka Morozov)
Erin Caves, Big prisoner/Nikita
Lukáš Zeman, Small prisoner, Čekunov, Cook
Clive Bayley, Prison governor
Julian Hubbard, Skuratov
Aleš Jenis, Blacksmith, Prisoner as Don Juan and Brahmin
Paul Curievici, Prisoner with the eagle
Carolyn Sproule, Prostitute
Michael J. Scott, Šapkin
Leigh Melrose, Šiškov
Claude Bardouil, Choreography
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