Michel Friedman (a well known person in Germany) in conversation & Janáček's From the House of the Dead
His guest is now the journalist Elmar Thevessen, and not Ulf Röller.
Janáček's From the House of the Dead
Janáček's last opera is about a prison camp, where inmates are held in inhuman conditions. Director David Hermann focusses on a journalist who falls foul of a repressive regime. How much courage does it take to openly rebel against authoritarian power structures? If you understand a bit of German, why not come and hear Michael Friedman discussing themes arising from the work with Elmar Thevessen.
