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Janacek: The Cunning Little Vixen
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The Cunning Little Vixen. Sinfonietta. Schluck Und Jau. Hauptmann's Play. Jealousy. Kata Kabanova. Taras Bulba. Sarka, Overture.
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Janacek - The Cunning Little Vixen (Mackerras, Allen)
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With animation by Geoff Dunbar and music under the direction of Kent Nagano this animated version tells a tale of love, death and rebirth.
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Background: Recorded in 1954, this DVD-Video of Janacek's The Cunning Little Vixen features the celebrated conductor, Vaclav Neumann with the Orchestra of the Comic Opera, Berlin plus an array of soloists, including the renowned Rudolf Asmus as The Forester, described by Gramophone in this role as 'unforgettable' and Irmgard Arnold as The Cunning Vixen.
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Janácek: The Cunning Little Vixen
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The Cunning Little Vixen - Classical Music DVD
The Chatelet Theatre Musical de Paris and the Orchestre de Paris under conductor Sir Charles Mackerras present Janacek's episodic, whimsical fairy tale opera. This enchanting production of "The Cunning Little Vixen," sung in the original Czech, brought together producer Nicholas Hytner, one of the most exciting of the new generation of stage directors, and conductor Charles Mackerras, a master of the Janacek style--lucid and transparent, every detail tingling with joyous energy.
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Libretto by Leoš Janácek, English translation by Yveta Synek Graff and Robert T. Jones
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Dennis Russell Davies conducts the Paris National Opera Chorus and Orchestra in this 2008 performance of Leos Janacek's fantastical opera THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN. Andre Engel directs this production at Paris's Opera Bastille.
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THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN is an animated adaptation of Leos Janacek's opera. Based on a 1920s comic strip character, the film follows the young fox Sharpears as she looks for love and happiness.
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Prelude. Going to be a storm soon -. Come on, old lady, and let's get the show started -. Mummy! Mummy! What is that? -. Pantomime -. Interlude. Look at how big she's grown! -. I'm just the same too -. Look what we've got down 'ere -. Interlude (beginning) (Ou, ou!) -. Interlude (conclusion) (Dawn) -. You should take a lesson from me! -. Sisters! Comrades! -. Come on then, don't be frightened -. Prelude -. Ah! Who's that out there screaming? -. Interlude -. In my new parish things...
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Ian Bostridge; Lieberson; Milne; Frittoli; Johnson; Edinburgh Festival Chorus; Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Mackerras
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Packed full of wonderfully witty portraits of the animal kingdom and humankind, Janácek's The Cunning Little Vixen tells of Sharpears, the vixen cub reared by the Forester, who escapes (after mayhem for the chicken coop) to lead her own free life, find a mate and give birth. Janácek's intensely lyrical score, pulsing with vitality, is perhaps the most joyous celebration of nature in music - an extraordinary, life-affirming work. Vixen Sharpears is played by Emma Matthews, with Emma Bell as the Fox...
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