The Royal Opera - From the House of the Dead Reviews
29 March 2024
Stefan Margita (Luka Kuzmic), Johan Reuter (Šiškov)
Willard White (Alexandr Petrovic Gorjancikov), Peter Hoare (Sapkin), Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts (Drunk Prisoner), Pascal Charbonneau (Aljeja)
Willard White (Alexandr Petrovic Gorjancikov), Alexander Vassiliev (Prison Governor), Graham Clark (Elderly Prisoner)
Willard White (Alexandr Petrovic Gorjancikov)
Allison Cooke (Prostitute), Johan Reuter (Šiškov)

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From the House of the Dead

The Royal Opera


No. of reviews: 23

Sur qui compter pour sauver la soirée?
1 Apr 18 / Anaclase
Après Chéreau, La Maison des Morts de Janáček inspire Warlikowski
29 Mar 18 / ResMusica
Krzysztof Warlikowski retrouve Janacek avec bonheur
29 Mar 18 / Forum Opéra
Dead loss
20 Mar 18 / The Critics' Circle
Janácek en la cárcel de Foucault
20 Mar 18 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish)
Strong performances all round
19 Mar 18 / Sunday Express
A great disappointment
14 Mar 18 / Mark Ronan's Theatre Reviews
Un De la maison des morts qui fascine plus qu’il n’emporte à la Royal Opera House
14 Mar 18 / Opera Online (French)
A great orchestral performance of a gorgeous score
14 Mar 18 / We left at the interval...
It has been worth the wait for Warlikowski
13 Mar 18 / Boulezian
Hard hitting, yet transcendent
12 Mar 18 / Planet Hugill
Royal Opera’s take on Janáček’s brutal work dazzles
12 Mar 18 / The Observer
Prison drama locks up its singers
11 Mar 18 / OperaWire
This production falls well short of the staging which this astounding work deserves
10 Mar 18 / Classical Source
The music for this piece is brilliantly powerful, but the plot is a real problem
10 Mar 18 / Express
An oppressive, living hell
9 Mar 18 / Bachtrack
Janáček's prison oddity prompts hot tears
9 Mar 18 / The Arts Desk
The director doesn’t understand the first principle of his craft - that less is more
9 Mar 18 / Independent
The last opera by Janáček and a first for the Royal Opera
9 Mar 18 / What's on Stage
A nightmare piled upon a nightmare
9 Mar 18 / Evening Standard
Krzysztof Warlikowski’s staging is outstanding in visualising the brutality of prison life
9 Mar 18 / The Stage
An impressive but chilly staging of Janáček's final masterpiece
9 Mar 18 / Telegraph
Formidable performances humanise Janáček's vision of hell
9 Mar 18 / The Guardian
From the House of the Dead shines a light into darkness
Janáček’s final opera is peopled with aggressive and unpleasant characters, but the beauty of its music speaks powerfully of the need for empathy and understanding, says the conductor of a new production.
Production details
Cast
Margita, Elgr, Reiter, White, Charbonneau, Vassiliev, Doyle, Kravets, Spence, Doyle, Clark, Doyle, Reuter, Lloyd-Roberts, Hoare, Jenis
(c) Wigglesworth (d) Warlikowski
Performance dates
7, 10, 14, 19, 22, 24 March 2018
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