In From the House of the Dead,
Janacek condensed Dostoevsky's novel about a prison camp into some of his most intense and dramatic music. Richard Coles reports as Tim Albery 's new production opens at
English National Opera. Biographer
Graham Robb uncovers the forgotten work of Victor Hugo. Hugo wrote his first tragedy at 14, and, as well as such classics as The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Les Misérables, his prolific output included war poetry, opera, rhapsody and drama. Producer Rob Ketteridge