| Janáček, Leoš (1854-1928) | Das schlaue Füchslein (Semi-staged) |
| Sir Simon Rattle | Musikalische Leitung | |
| Peter Sellars | Regie | |
| London Symphony Orchestra | ||
| London Symphony Chorus | ||
| Simon Halsey | Chorleitung | |
| Ben Zamora | Licht | |
| Nick Hillel | Video designer | |
| Gerald Finley | Bariton | Förster |
| Lucy Crowe | Sopran | Füchslein Schlaukopf (Bystrouška) |
| Sophia Burgos | Sopran | Fuchs (Zlatohřbítek) |
| Jan Martiník | Bass | Dachs, Pfarrer |
| Peter Hoare | Tenor | Fliege, Hahn, Schulmeister |
| Hanno Müller-Brachmann | Bariton | Háraschta |
| Irene Hoogveld | Sopran | Jay |
| Anna Lapkovskaja | Mezzosopran | Frau Paškova, Hund |
| Paulina Malefane | Mezzosopran | Forester’s wife, Eule, Woodpecker |
| Jonah Halton | Tenor | Pásek |
Two of the boldest minds in music and theatre come together for their third collaboration – a new semi-staged production of Janáček’s masterful opera.
The partnership between Sir Simon Rattle and director Peter Sellars is fast becoming a highlight of the cultural calendar. After two acclaimed productions in previous seasons, which transformed the Barbican Hall in ways never seen before – Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande and Schumann’s Das Paradies und Die Peri – the duo bring the 2018/19 season to rousing finale with Janáček’s comic opera.
Melodious and charming, this is a work rooted in Czech history and folk music; and a sentimental journey through the cycles of life. And for Sir Simon Rattle, it’s a deeply personal and emotional work – ‘it’s the piece that made me want to become an opera conductor… and still one of the pieces that reduces me to tears more easily than any other.’
Tickets: £75 £55 £35 £25
Tickets on sale online from 10am on 2nd February 2018.
