Details

Telling the story of the inmates of a Siberian prison, the opera reflects their feelings of pain, oppression and injustice as each recount why they ended up in jail. Their gloom is eased as they painstakingly nurse an eagle back to health, which comes to symbolize both Russia and the notion of freedom. Sung in English with English titles. Running time: 1hr 50mins

Cast/Performers

Robert Hayward (Siskov), Roderick Williams (Goryanchikov), Claire Wild (Alyeya), Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts (Luka Kuzmic)), Alan Oke (Skuratov), Ronald Samm (The Big Prisoner), James Creswell (The Little Prisoner), Stephen Richardson (Governor)), Peter Bodenham (The Elderly Prisoner), Adrian Dwyer (Cherevin / The Young Prisoner), David Kempster (Chekunov / Don Juan / Brahmine), Mark Le Brocq (Shapkin / Kedril), Robert Winslade Anderson (2nd Guard)

Creatives/Company

Author: Leos Janacek
Book by: Dostoyevsky
Company: Opera North
Conductor: Richard Farnes
Director: John Fulljames
Design: Dick Bird
Costume: Dick Bird
Lighting: Bruno Poet
Choreographer: Philippe Giraudeau