| Janáček, Leoš (1854-1928) | The Cunning Little Vixen (Semi-staged) |
| Sir Simon Rattle | Conductor | |
| Peter Sellars | Director | |
| London Symphony Orchestra | ||
| London Symphony Chorus | ||
| Simon Halsey | Choirmaster / chorus director | |
| Ben Zamora | Lighting Designer | |
| Nick Hillel | Video designer | |
| Gerald Finley | Baritone | Forester |
| Lucy Crowe | Soprano | Vixen (Bystrouška) |
| Sophia Burgos | Soprano | Fox (Zlatohřbítek) |
| Jan Martiník | Bass | Badger, Parson |
| Peter Hoare | Tenor | Mosquito, Rooster, Schoolmaster |
| Hanno Müller-Brachmann | Baritone | Harašta |
| Irene Hoogveld | Soprano | Jay |
| Anna Lapkovskaja | Mezzo-soprano | Mrs Paškova, Lapák |
| Paulina Malefane | Mezzo-soprano | Forester’s wife, Owl, 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.