The Cunning Little Vixen, JW I/9

Composer: Janacek, Leos

Librettist/Text Author: Janacek, Leos

Conductor: Jurowski, Vladimir

Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra

Chorus: Glyndebourne Chorus

Chorus Master: Bines, Jeremy

Cricket: Davies, Sebastian

Forester: Leiferkus, Sergey

Forester's Wife / Owl: Rigby, Jean

Fox: Bell, Emma

Frog: Woscholski, Orlando

Grasshopper: Watkins, Beatrice

Mosquito: Thompson, Adrian

Parson / Badger: Schelomianski, Mischa

Vixen Sharp Ears: Crowe, Lucy

Young Vixen Sharp Ears: Moseley, Louise

Set Designer: Pye, Tom

Costume Designer: Collin, Dinah

Lighting Designer: Constable, Paule

Choreographer: Doyle, Maxine

Stage Director: Still, Melly

Television Producer: Bruell, George

Television Director: Grimm, Thomas

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Date of Production: 06-2012

Venue: Glyndebourne Opera House

Playing Time: 01:36:45

Catalogue Number: OA1101D

UPC: 809478011019

Synopsis

The Cunning Little Vixen, JW I/9

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The tale of a quick-witted fox and her escape from confinement for a life in the forest that is by turns joyful and violent, The Cunning Little Vixen is an unsentimental parable of death and rebirth that lives through the instinctive and immediate world of nature, animal and human, which Janacek loved so much. Melly Still's production for Glyndenbourne finds the 'delicate balance between whimsy and mysticism' (Daily Telegraph) at the heart of the opera, which Vladimir Jurowski conducts' with lustrous style: you can hear the birds in the score, feel the sunshine and thrill to the starlit night sky in the finale scene' (Opera Today).