Composer: Leoš Janáček

Librettist: Leoš Janáček, based on Fyodor Dostoyevsky's Notes from the House of the Dead

Director: David Pountney

Designer: Maria Bjørnson

Production originated: 1982

Date of last performance: 1997

Chorus: 10 tenors, 11 basses, 5 ladies (non-singing)

Actors / dancers: 8

On-stage musicians: None

Edition: Universal Edition

No of containers: 2

A co-production with Scottish Opera