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Dmitri Tcherniakov directs From the House of the Dead in Bochum (*****) [live]

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The opening scene © Volker Beushausen / Ruhrtriennale

Author : Jos Hermans

"From the House of the Dead" reconstructs a penal camp situation. It is a men's opera without a real plot in which women appear only indirectly but are constantly the subject of conversation. On a first reading, it might seem that the composer has burned out as a creative force.…

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