Janacek-Doppel by Janáček, Sat 10 Jun 2023, From (2023/2023), Directed by Nicolas Brieger,, Conductor Johannes Klumpp, Hessisches Staatstheater, Wiesbaden, Germany

With his last opera, Leoš Janáček wanted to descend »ever lower, to the depths of humanity, to the most miserable ones«. He chose Fyodor Dostoyevsky's "Notes from the House of the Dead" as a model. He processed the shocking experiences of his arrest and banishment in the Katorga. With Janáček, the prison camp becomes a symbol of life: the music is existential and human, full of cruelty and beauty. The themes of his operatic work condense here: life and death, guilt and forgiveness. With Janáček's last two operas »The Makropulos Affair«and »From a House of the Dead« the Hessian State Theater in Wiesbaden is bringing an unprecedented double project to the stage in a production by Nicolas Brieger and under the musical direction of Johannes Klumpp. »Experiencing these two operas interwoven is an exciting journey beneath the epidermis of human existence.« (Nicolas Brieger)