| Janáček, Leoš (1854-1928) | La Petite Renarde rusée (Semi-staged) |
| Sir Simon Rattle | Direction | |
| Peter Sellars | Mise en scène | |
| London Symphony Orchestra | ||
| London Symphony Chorus | ||
| Simon Halsey | Chef de chœur | |
| Ben Zamora | Lumières | |
| Nick Hillel | Video designer | |
| Gerald Finley | Baryton | le Garde-Chasse |
| Lucy Crowe | Soprano | la Renarde (Bystrouška) |
| Sophia Burgos | Soprano | le Renard (Zlatohřbítek) |
| Jan Martiník | Basse | le Blaireau, le Prêtre |
| Peter Hoare | Ténor | le Moustique, le Coq, l'Instituteur |
| Hanno Müller-Brachmann | Baryton | Le vagabond Harašta |
| Irene Hoogveld | Soprano | le Geai |
| Anna Lapkovskaja | Mezzo-soprano | la femme de l'Aubergiste, Lapák |
| Paulina Malefane | Mezzo-soprano | la femme du Garde-Chasse, le Hibou, le Pivert |
| Jonah Halton | Ténor | l'Aubergiste |
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.
