The cunning little vixen : opera in three acts / coproduction Idéale Audience, Opéra national de Paris, NHK, with the participation of France 2 ; [composed] by Leoš Janáček ; libretto by the composer after the novella Liška Bystrouška by Rudolf Tésnohlídek ; musical director, Dennis Russell Davies ; directed by Don Kent ; produced by Françoise Gazio.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Janáček, Leoš, 1854-1928, composer, librettist.

Tsallagova, Elena, performer.

Rasilainen, Jukka, performer.

Lagrange, Michèle, performer.

Minutillo, Hana, performer.

Kuebler, David, performer.

Bracht, Roland, performer.

Gay, Paul, 1911- performer.

Davies, Dennis Russell, conductor, director.

Mortier, Gerard, director.

Engel, André, 1946-

Rieti, Nicky, set designer.

Neumuller, Elizabeth, costume designer.

Grès, Françoise, choreographer.

Diot, André.

Kent, Don, director.

Gazio, Françoise, 1958- producer.

Těsnohlídek, Rudolf, 1882-1928.

Opéra de Paris. Chœur, performer.

Atelier lyrique (Opéra de Paris), performer.

Opéra de Paris. Orchestre, performer.

Maîtrise des Hauts-de-Seine, performer.

Opéra national de Paris, producer.

Opéra Bastille, performer.

Idéale Audience International, producer.

Nihon Hōsō Kyōkai, producer.

France 2, producer.

Medici Arts (Firm)

Language:

Czech

English

French

German

Subjects (All):

Operas.

Genre:

Operas.

Nonfiction films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

polychrome

Other Title:

Original title in Czech: Příhody lišky Bystroušky

Place of Publication:

[Paris] : Medici Arts, [2009]

Language Note:

Sung in Czech, with optional subtitles in English, French and German.

System Details:

Blu-ray; 1080i full HD 16:9, PCM 2.0, DTS HD, all regions.

digital

optical

video file

Blu-ray disc

all regions

Summary:

A story featuring a forester and a vixen, who is first adopted by him and then escapes to the forest where she is wooed by a fox.

Participant:

Elena Tsallagova (Vixen) ; Jukka Rasilainen (Forester) ; Michèle Lagrange (Wife/Owl) ; Hannah Esther Minutillo (Fox) ; David Kuebler (Schoolmaster) ; Roland Bracht (Parson) ; Paul Gay (Harašta) ; Orchestra, Chorus and Operatic Studio of the Opéra national de Paris ; Choir of Hauts-de-Seine; Children chorus of the Opéra national de Paris.

Credits:

Stage director, André Engel; stage design, Nicky Rieti; costumes, Elizabeth Neumuller; choreography, Françoise Grès; director of photography, Andre Diot.

Notes:

Requires Blu-ray player.

Recorded live at the Opéra Bastille, Paris in Nov., 2008.

Bonus features (20 min.) include a documentary An encounter: backstage at the Paris Opéra.

Related Work:

Těsnohlídek, Rudolf, 1882-1928. Liška Bystrouška.

Contains:

Janáček, Leoš, 1854-1928. Příhody lišky Bystroušky.

OCLC:

531750264

Publisher Number:

899132001005

3078384 Medici Arts