The cunning little vixen : opera in three acts / by Leoš Janáček ; libretto by the composer after the story told by Rudolf Těsnohlídek.

Format:

Video

Author/Creator:

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

Contributor:

London Philharmonic Orchestra, performer.

Glyndebourne Productions, production company.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Standardized Title:

Příhody lišky Bystroušky

Language:

Czech

English

Subjects (All):

Operas.

Genre:

Operas.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (97 minutes)

Other Title:

Adventures of the vixen Bystrouška

Place of Publication:

Lewes, England : Glyndebourne, 2012.

Language Note:

Sung in Czech ; with English subtitles.

System Details:

data file

Summary:

The tale of a quick-witted fox and her escape from confinement for a life in the forest that is by turns playful 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 JanáÄek loved so much. Melly Still's production for Glyndebourne 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 final scene' (Opera Today).

Participant:

Lucy Crowe (Vixen Sharp Ears) ; Sergei Leiferkus (Forester) ; Jean Rigby (Wife/Owl) ; Emma Bell (Fox) ; Adrian Thompson (Schoolmaster/Mosquito) ; Mischa Schelomianski (Badger/Priest) ; William Dazeley (Harašta) ; supporting soloists ; The Glyndebourne Chorus ; London Philharmonic Orchestra ; Vladimir Jurowski, conductor.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed June 15, 2016).

Filmed at Glyndebourne, June 2012.

OCLC:

954042283