| Uniform title | Příhody lišky Bystroušky |
| Other title |
Adventures of the vixen Bystrouška |
| Abstract |
The tale of a quick-witted fox and her escape from confinement for a life in the forest that is by turns playful and violent, The Cunning Little Vixen is an unsentimental parable of death and rebirth that lives through the instinctive and immediate world of nature, animal and human, which JanáÄek loved so much. Melly Still's production for Glyndebourne finds the 'delicate balance between whimsy and mysticism' (Daily Telegraph) at the heart of the opera, which Vladimir Jurowski conducts 'with lustrous style: you can hear the birds in the score, feel the sunshine and thrill to the starlit night sky in the final scene' (Opera Today). |
| General note | Title from resource description page (viewed June 15, 2016). |
| Credits | Melly Still, stage director; Tom Pye, set designer; Dinah Collin, costume designer; Paule Constable, lighting designer; Maxine Doyle, choreographer; Kevin McCurdy, fight director; Thomas Grimm, video director. |
| Performer |
Lucy Crowe (Vixen Sharp Ears) ; Sergei Leiferkus (Forester) ; Jean Rigby (Wife/Owl) ; Emma Bell (Fox) ; Adrian Thompson (Schoolmaster/Mosquito) ; Mischa Schelomianski (Badger/Priest) ; William Dazeley (Harašta) ; supporting soloists ; The Glyndebourne Chorus ; London Philharmonic Orchestra ; Vladimir Jurowski, conductor. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Filmed at Glyndebourne, June 2012. |
| Language | Sung in Czech ; with English subtitles. |
| Issued in other form | Original version: |
| Genre/form | Operas. |
