Tag: From the House of the Dead

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  Z mrtvého domu — From the House of the Dead

  March 13, 2017

  Classical music, Opera, Vocal

  From the House of the Dead, Leoš Janáček, Z mrtvého domu

  Z mrtvého domu (From the House of the Dead) is Janáček’s last opera, he died before he could finish editing the third/last act of the work. The libretto – written by the composer – is based on Dostoyevsky’s semi-autobiographical novel of the same name. More diary/reportage than novel, the Memoirs from the House of the Dead was based on Dostoyevsky’s own…