The Cunning Little Vixen

Maggio Musicale Orchestra and Chorus

October 30, 2010, 1:00 pm

Composer: Leos Janacek
Conductor: Seiji Ozawa

Cast: Isabel Bayrakdarian (Vixen); Quinn Kelsey (Forrester); Judith Christin (Forrester's Wife/Owl); Lauren Curnow (Fox Golden-Stripe); Dennis Peterson (Schoolmaster/Mosquito); Marie Lenormand (Lapak); Carlotta Favino (Pepik); Sabrina Testa (Chocholka the Hen); Elena Mascii (Frantik); Mayumi Kuroki (Jay/Rooster); Kevin Langan (Badger/Priest); Federico Lepre (Pasek); Gustav Belecek (Harasta); Marcella Polidori (Mrs. Paskova); Tiziana Tramonti (Woodpecker)

Based on an illustrated tale published as a newspaper serial, this fanciful opera is one of Janacek's true masterworks -- at once charming, frightening, tragic and, in the end, life-affirming.

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