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07/07/2016

Janacek - The Cunning Little Vixen

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Janacek's The Cunning Little Vixen in a performance given in 2010 at the Royal Opera House

Penny Gore presents Janacek's The Cunning Little Vixen in a performance given in 2010 at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, conducted by Charles Mackerras.

Penny Gore presents Janacek's Cunning Little Vixen, first heard in 2010 from the Royal Opera House, conducted by Charles Mackerras in one of the final performances before his death.

Janacek's The Cunning Little Vixen holds a very special place in the repertoire - an opera whose characters are a mixture of human beings and animals which tells the story of the life of a Vixen. We meet her woodland friends and enemies - and their lives are contrasted with the human characters who live nearby. But the magic of Janacek's score is in the way he portrays all of these lives with his most colourful and deftly woven music, sometimes spiky, sometimes intensely lyrical.

Vixen Sharp-Ears ..... Emma Matthews (soprano)
Forester ..... Christopher Maltman (baritone)
Fox ..... Elizabeth Meister (soprano)
Schoolmaster/Mosquito ..... Robin Leggate (tenor)
Gamekeeper's Wife/Owl ..... Madeleine Shaw (mezzo-soprano)
Priest/Badger ..... Jeremy White (bass)
Harasta ..... Matthew Rose (bass)
Pasek ..... Alasdair Elliott (tenor)
Inkeeper's Wife ..... Elizabeth Sikora (mezzo-soprano)
Pepik ..... Simona Mihai (soprano)
Frantik ..... Elizabeth Cragg (soprano)
Rooster/Jay ..... Deborah Peake-Jones (soprano)
Chief Hen ..... Glenys Groves (soprano)
Cricket ..... Peter Shafran (treble)
Caterpillar .....Talor Hanson (child soprano)
Frog ..... Harry Bradford (treble)
Young Vixen ..... Eleanor Burke (child soprano)
Woodpecker ..... Amanda Floyd (mezzo-soprano)
Royal Opera Chorus
Children's Chorus
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
conductor Sir Charles Mackerras

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