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Sensuous beauty: life-affirming Janáček at the Vienna State Opera

By Peter Reynolds, 14 April 2016
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Reviewed at Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna on 11 April 2016
Programme
Janáček, The Cunning Little Vixen
Performers
Vienna State Opera
Tomáš Netopil, Conductor
Otto Schenk, Director
Amra Buchbinder, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Chen Reiss, Vixen
Roman Trekel, Forester
Hyuna Ko, Fox
Paolo Rumetz, Harašta
Wolfram Igor Derntl, Pásek
Joseph Dennis, Schoolmaster
Marcus Pelz, Parson
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Peter Reynolds
Peter Reynolds
Peter Reynolds was a composer and writer on music living in Cardiff. He was a part-time member of staff at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and, in 2009, published a history of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Very sadly he passed away on 11th October 2016.