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The Cunning Little Vixen
Leos Janacek
The Grange
CURTAIN UP: 17.20, INTERVAL: 18.30 - 20.10, CURTAIN DOWN: 20.40
Janáček's humourous and charming woodland tale was based on a comic-strip that appeared in the daily newspaper. He was a few years short of his 70th birthday and in this opera, the Forester's love for the vixen is not unconnected to Janacek's own love for a woman 38 years his junior.
Sung in Czech with surtitles
Watch a sneak preview of The Cunning Little Vixen
Director: David Alden
Designer: Gideon Davy
Conductor: Andre de Ridder
Vixen: Ailish Tynan
Forester: Robert Poulton
Fox Frances Bourne
Schoolmaster / Cock: Wynne Evans
Owl / Wife: Carol Rowlands
Parson / Badger: Tim Dawkins
Harasta: David Stout
Dog / Innkeeper: Gary Griffiths
A sneak preview of The Cunning Little Vixen
Synopsis on Wikipedia
The British Czech & Slovak Association