Leoš Janácek
03.07.1854—12.08.1928

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Leoš Janácek
From the House of the Dead | Opera in 3 acts

Work Details
Year of composition: 1927-1928
Year of arrangement: 1962
Subtitle: Opera in 3 acts
Composer: Leoš Janácek
Arranger: Rafael Kubelik
Text Source: "Notes from the house of the dead"
Librettist: Leoš Janácek
Original Language: Tschechisch
Translator: Max Brod
Parts: Petrowitsch, baritone
Alej, tenor
Luka, tenor
Der Platzkommandant, baritone
Skuratoff, tenor
Tschekunoff, baritone
Schischkoff, bass-baritone
a number of smaller parts and silents parts
Choir: TB
Instrumentation: 4 3 3 3 - 4 3 3 1 - timp, perc(5), hp, cel, bass tpt, str
Instrumentation details: 1st flute; 2nd flute (+picc); 3rd flute (+picc); 4th flute (+picc); 1st oboe; 2nd oboe; cor anglais; 1st clarinet in Bb; 2nd clarinet in Bb (+cl(Eb)); 3rd clarinet in Bb (+cl(Eb); bass cl(Bb)); 1st bassoon; 2nd bassoon; 3rd bassoon (+cbsn); 1st horn in F; 2nd horn in F; 3rd horn in F; 4th horn in F; 1st trumpet in F; 2nd trumpet in F; 3rd trumpet in F; bass trumpet (+tenor tuba); 1st trombone; 2nd trombone; 3rd trombone; tuba; timpani; percussion(4); bells; harp; celesta; violin I; violin II; viola; violoncello; contrabass
Duration (min): 85
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Work Introduction

Leoš Janáček based his final opera on his own libretto after Dostoevsky’s Memoirs from the House of the Dead. He wrote, drafted and revised the opera in full score during 1927 - 1928. He then had it copied out by two of his long-established copyists (Václav Sedláček and Jaroslav [...]