| Opéra national de Paris | ||
| Juraj Valčuha | Conductor | |
| André Engel | Director | |
| Nicky Rieti | Set Designer | |
| Elizabeth Neumuller | Costume Designer | |
| André Diot | Lighting Designer | |
| Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris | ||
| Chœurs de l'Opéra national de Paris | ||
| Françoise Grès | Choreography | |
| Prague Philharmonic Children's Choir | ||
| Milan Siljanov | Bass | Forester |
| Elena Tsallagova | Soprano | Vixen (Bystrouška) |
| Paula Murrihy | Mezzo-soprano | Fox (Zlatohřbítek) |
| Frédéric Caton | Bass | Parson |
| Éric Huchet | Tenor | Schoolmaster, Mosquito |
| Maria Warenberg | Mezzo-soprano | Lapák |
| Slawomir Szychowiak | Bass | Badger |
| Rocio Ruiz Cobarro | Soprano | Rooster, Jay |
| Irina Kopylova | Mezzo-soprano | Chocholka |
| Tadeáš Hoza | Baritone | Harašta |
| Marie-Cécile Chevassus | Mezzo-soprano | Woodpecker |
| Se-Jin Hwang | Tenor | Pásek |
| Anne-Sophie Ducret | Soprano | Mrs Paškova |
| Marie Gautrot | Mezzo-soprano | Forester’s wife, Owl |
It’s no easy matter taming a vixen! The gamekeeper, who introduces one into his household, learns this the hard way, especially as the animal in question is particularly cunning, feminist and even revolutionary, calling on the hens in the barnyard to revolt against the cockerel and “forge a new world”! Alas, while freedom allows her to find love, the little vixen will pay a high price...
Premiered in Brno in 1924, Leoš Janáček’s piece, with orchestration as lush as the nature it describes, is a score apart in the history of opera, where foxes, crickets and grasshoppers, dogs and woodpeckers are rarely the heroes of the story.
A fairy tale fable, an allegory of human life, a hymn celebrating the eternal renewal of life and nature, this Cunning Little Vixen is directed by André Engel, whose sunflower fields harbour the nostalgia of childhood.
Duration : 2h05 with 1 interval
Language : Czech
Surtitles : French / English.
Single tickets on sale from 17th September 2024, from 12 pm.