Organization

Singer

Soprano

Jana Sibera

Cunning Vixen

Alžběta Poláčková

Kateřina Jalovcová

The Fox Zlatohrbitek

Stanislava Jirků

Contralto

Maria Kobielska

Forester's wife

Jitka Svobodová

Baritone

Svatopluk Sem

Forester

Martin Bárta

Tenor

Josef Moravec

Schoolmaster

Jaroslav Březina

Bass

Jiří Hájek

Harasta

Vladimír Doležal

Pasek

Jiří Brückler

Lenka Šmídová

Mrs. Paskova

Yvona Škvárová

Mezzo-soprano

Jana Sýkorová

Václava Krejčí Housková

Mosquito

František Zahradníček

Priest

Jiří Sulženko

Olessia Belozerova

Chocholka

Michaela Šrůmová

Stage director

Ondřej Havelka

Conductor

Robert Jindra

Zbyněk Müller

Costume designer

Kateřina Štefková

Set designer

Martin Černý

Choreographer

Jana Hanušová

Dramaturge

Ondřej Hučín

Chorus master

Jan Bubak

Pavel Vaněk

Jiří Chvála

National Theatre Prague

Others

Prague National Theatre Chorus

Orchestra

Ópera Checa de Praga

Kühn Children's Choir

Czech

Příhody lišky Bystroušky -  (The Cunning Little Vixen)

Prague

Czech Republic

Národní divadlo (National Theatre)

Příhody lišky Bystroušky Janáček

Public

The Cunning Little Vixen

English

Approved

In The Cunning Little Vixen, Leoš Janáček, almost 70 years of age at the time, gave vent to his love for ever-regenerating Nature, of which human and animal individuals alike are merely temporary, yet wonderful and precious, parts. The opera teems with playfulness, humour, wildness, love, sorrow, wisdom – simply full-blooded life. Janáček found the original subject for the piece in Rudolf Těsnohlídek’s newspaper serial story, inspired by Stanislav Lolek’s caricature drawings. Putting foxes, a gnat, a frog, hens and other animals on the opera stage was unprecedented and highly audacious at the time – yet in retrospect not so surprising given that Janáček was an artist for ever provoking and experimenting ...

Today The Cunning Little Vixen ranks among the most feted and most frequently staged Czech operas worldwide. With its story being by turn merry and sad, it is a title possessing significant potential to captivate the audience, and owing to its wit, profound ideas and emotionality, the work speaks to adults, while children are enchanted by its picturesque nature and exquisite scenery. In his production, the stage director Ondřej Havelka airily and poetically depicts the comical animal world and the world of peculiar people, yet he also delves under the surface of sheer scenic beauty, revealing that the relations between the characters of Janáček’s opera are far from being as idyllic as they may seem.

The Cunning Little Vixen by Janáček, From (2021/2021), Directed by Ondřej Havelka,, Conductor Robert Jindra, Zbyněk Müller, Národní divadlo (National Theatre), Prague, Czech Republic

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