Swedish baritone Peter Mattei (as 'Shishkov') performs at the final dress rehearsal prior to the premiere of the new Metropolitan Opera/Patrice Chereau production of 'From the House of the Dead' ('Z Mrtveho Domu' in Czech, by Leos Janacek and based on the novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky) at the Metroplitan Opera House at Lincoln Center, New York, New York, November 9, 2009. (Photo by Jack Vartoogian/Getty Images) Credit: Jack Vartoogian/Getty Images/Getty Images