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. New production.

Cast/Performers

Andrew Shore, Robert Brubaker

Creatives/Company

Author: Leos Janacek
Book by: Dostoyevsky
Company: English National Opera
Lighting: Thomas Webster
Translation: David Pountney
Design: Stewart Lang
Director: Tim Albery
Conductor(s): Paul Daniel, Brad Cohen