JANACEK

From the House of the Dead 

 

1.    Prelude    

2.    Privedou dnes pána!    

3.    Jak te nazy vaji?    

4.    Neuvidi oko jiz kraju    

5.    Aljejo, podavej nitku!    

6.    A... A... Mily, mily Aljejo!    

7.    Alexandr Petrovic, bude praznik    

8.    Presel den, druhy, treti    

9.    Dnes bude muj posledni den!    

10.    Pantomima o Pekne mlyánrce    

11.    Pekne hrali, co?    

12.    Isaj, prorok bozi!    

13.    Má detátka milá    

14.    A já byl, bratricku, az do svatby zpit!    

15.    S Filkou jste se opet sprátelili?    

16.    Petrovici! Já isem te urazil    

 

Alexandre Petrovitch Goriantchikov - Olaf Bär

Alyeya - Eric Stoklossa

Filka Morosov - Stefan Margita

Tall Prisoner - Peter Straka

Short Prisoner - Vladimir Chmelo

Commandant - Jiri Sulzenko

Old Prisoner - Heinz Zednik

Skuratov - John Mark Ainsley

Tchenkunov - Jan Galla

 

Arnold Schoenberg Chor

Mahler Chamber Orchestra / Pierre Boulez

 

Stage Director: Patrice Chérau

Sets: Richard Perduzzi

Costumes: Caroline de Vivaise

 

From the Grand Théatre de Provence, Aix-en-Provence July 2007

 

Janáèek’s rarely performed final opera From the House of the Dead is brought to the stage by acclaimed director Patrice Chéreau and legendary conductor Pierre Boulez

 

This is the third collaboration between Chéreau and Boulez, the celebrated team behind the famous, best-selling DVD Ring also on DG

 

To be released in March 2008 to tie in with its broadcast on Arte. Additional performances of the production are scheduled for the Metropolitan Opera in November and December 2009 and at La Scala in January 2010 (to be confirmed)

 

The House of the Dead will be televised on ARTE on 10 March 2008

 

The production, commissioned by the Aix-en-Provence Festival, has been widely hailed as one of the operatic highlights of the new millennium. “A momentous experience” is how The Guardian describes it

 

“Harrowing and unforgettable; one of the great Janáèek interpretations of our time.” (The Guardian)

 

Boulez’s contribution to the production has been equally highly praised: “With the Mahler Chamber Orchestra in the pit, Boulez unleashes rending dissonances that fill the air with pain and compassion”, wrote Tim Ashley in The Guardian

 

Bonus: The Making of the "House of the Dead"    

 

DG DVD NTSC 0734426