The Cunning Little Vixen, JW I/9

Composer: Janacek, Leos

Librettist/Text Author: Janacek, Leos

Libretto Source: Tesnohlidek, Rudolf

Conductor: Davies, Dennis Russell

Orchestra: Paris National Opera Orchestra

Chorus: Paris National Opera Chorus

Chorus Master: Di Stefano, Alessandro

Chorus: Paris Maitrise Children's Choir

Chorus Master: Di Stefano, Alessandro

Harasta: Gay, Paul

The Forester: Rasilainen, Jukka

The Forester's Wife: Lagrange, Michele

The Fox: Minutillo, Hannah Ester

The Owl: Lagrange, Michele

The Parson: Bracht, Roland

The Schoolmaster: Kuebler, David

The Vixen: Tsallagova, Elena

Set Designer: Rieti, Nicky

Costume Designer: Neumuller, Elizabeth

Lighting Designer: Diot, Andre

Choreographer: Gres, Francoise

Stage Director: Engel, Andre

Television Director: Kent, Don

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Date of Production: 2008

Venue: Opera Bastille, Paris

Playing Time: 02:00:36

Catalogue Number: EUROARTS7838

Synopsis

The Cunning Little Vixen, JW I/9

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Leos Janacek's The Cunning Little Vixen was described by its composer as "a comic opera with a sad ending." It is a profoundly poetic tale for which the composer wrote some wonderful, life-enriching music that is magnificently orchestrated. "His music is quite simply overwhelmingly moving," says Andre Engel, who, working with an outstanding cast, directed a new production of this fascinating work for the Paris Opera.