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Acts 1 and 2

'The Cunning Little Vixen'
In the Third Programme at 7.45 AND 9.20
An Opera in Three Acts by Janacek
After a story by Rudolf Tesnohlidek sung in Czech
(on gramophone records)

A timed synopsis of the action of the opera is printed in 'The Listener' dated August 13

Orchestra of the National Theatre, Prague
Conducted by Vaclav Neumann

ACT 1
Scene 1: In the forest: summer afternoon
Scene 2: In the courtyard of the forester's house: autumn afternoon - night -dawn
ACT 2
Scene 1: In the forest: late afternoon
Scene 2: The village inn
Scene 3: A path through the woods: night
Scene 4: In the forest: summer, moonlight
ACT 3
Scene 1: At the edge of the woods: autumn, clear noonday
Scene 2: In the garden of the village inn
Scene 3: As Act 1, Scene 1: sunshine after light rain

Contributors

The forester (baritone):
Rudolf Asmus
His wife (contralto):
Kveta Belanova
The schoolmaster (tenor):
Antonin Votava
The parson (bass):
Vaclav Halir
Harasta, a poacher (bass):
Jiri Joran
The landlord of the inn (tenor):
Josef Vojta
His wife (soprano):
Milada Cadikovicova
The forester's little boy (soprano):
Hana Lebedova
His friend, Frantik (soprano):
Vera Cupalova
The cunning little vixen (soprano):
Hana Rohmova
The fox (soprano):
Libuse Domaninska
The forester's dog (mezzo-soprano):
Ludmila Hanzalikova
The cock (soprano):
Slavka Prochazkova
The hen (soprano):
Helena Tattermuschova
The badger (bass):
Vaclav Halir
The cricket, The grasshopper, The frog, The vixen as a cub (child sopranos); The jay (soprano); The owl (contralto); The woodpecker (contralto); The mosquito (tenor):
Members of the Kuhn Children's Chorus and Chorus of the National Theatre, Prague

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