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From The House Of The Dead (2007)

  
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Based on a Dostoevsky novel set in a Siberian prison camp, this final opera by Leos Janacek is given a haunting revival in a production commissioned by the Aix-en-Provence Festival. Olaf Bar, Eric Stoklossa, Stefan Margita, and Jiri Sulzenko are among the talented cast. Pierre Boulez conducts the Arnold Schoenberg Choir and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Soundtrack: Czech; Subtitles: English. In Czech with English subtitles.
 
SKU: D30289
$29.99
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Concerts and Performing Arts
Color:
Color
Closed Captioned:
 No
Cast:  Olaf Bar, Stefan Margita, Jiri Sulzenko
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