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Janáček: The Cunning Little Vixen
Lucy Crowe (Vixen Sharp Ears); Emma Bell (Fox); Sergei Leiferkus (Forester); Jean Rigby (Forester's Wife/Owl); Adrian Thompson (Schoolmaster/Mosquito); William Dazeley (Harasta); Mischa Schelomianski (Badger/Priest); Colin Judson (Pasek, Innkeeper)
The tale of a quick-witted fox and her escape from confinement for a life in the forest that is by turns joyful 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 Janácek 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).
DVD
Genre: Opera
Release Date: 01/04/2013
Sound Formats:
Ratio: 16:9 Anamorphic
Subtitles: EN, FR, DE, KO
Catalogue Number: OA1101D
BLU-RAY
Genre: Opera
Release Date: 01/04/2013
Sound Formats:
Ratio: 16:9
Subtitles: EN, FR, DE, KO
Catalogue Number: OABD7117D
Conductor(s):
Vladimir Jurowski
Vladimir Jurowski
Orchestra(s):
The Glyndebourne Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra
The Glyndebourne Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra
Artist(s):
Lucy Crowe; Emma Bell; Sergei Leiferkus; Jean Rigby; Adrian Thompson; William Dazeley; Mischa Schelomianski; Colin Judson; The Glyndebourne Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Vladimir Jurowski
Lucy Crowe; Emma Bell; Sergei Leiferkus; Jean Rigby; Adrian Thompson; William Dazeley; Mischa Schelomianski; Colin Judson; The Glyndebourne Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Vladimir Jurowski
"Lucy Crowe’s glowingly sung Vixen ...Tom Pye’s Hockneyish designs are evocative of a world of childish wonder, with animal costumes which cleverly suggest human characteristic." (The Daily Telegraph)
"I was entranced throughout. The work's humour is realized extremely well but so is its more serious side...aside from Mackerras...I've never heard the opera conducted with such colour, wit, detail and dramatic urgency...Crowe's Vixen is vocally completely secure and delightfully and sharply characterized...[in the closing scene] there is just the right sense of pantheistic rapture...an outstanding achievement." (International Record Review)
"I was entranced throughout. The work's humour is realized extremely well but so is its more serious side...aside from Mackerras...I've never heard the opera conducted with such colour, wit, detail and dramatic urgency...Crowe's Vixen is vocally completely secure and delightfully and sharply characterized...[in the closing scene] there is just the right sense of pantheistic rapture...an outstanding achievement." (International Record Review)
Lucy Crowe (Vixen Sharp Ears); Emma Bell (Fox); Sergei Leiferkus (Forester); Jean Rigby (Forester's Wife/Owl); Adrian Thompson (Schoolmaster/Mosquito); William Dazeley (Harasta); Mischa Schelomianski (Badger/Priest); Colin Judson (Pasek, Innkeeper)
The tale of a quick-witted fox and her escape from confinement for a life in the forest that is by turns joyful 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 Janácek 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).
DVD
Genre: Opera
Release Date: 01/04/2013
Sound Formats:
Ratio: 16:9 Anamorphic
Subtitles: EN, FR, DE, KO
Catalogue Number: OA1101D
BLU-RAY
Genre: Opera
Release Date: 01/04/2013
Sound Formats:
Ratio: 16:9
Subtitles: EN, FR, DE, KO
Catalogue Number: OABD7117D
Conductor(s):
Vladimir Jurowski
Vladimir Jurowski
Orchestra(s):
The Glyndebourne Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra
The Glyndebourne Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra
Artist(s):
Lucy Crowe; Emma Bell; Sergei Leiferkus; Jean Rigby; Adrian Thompson; William Dazeley; Mischa Schelomianski; Colin Judson; The Glyndebourne Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Vladimir Jurowski
Lucy Crowe; Emma Bell; Sergei Leiferkus; Jean Rigby; Adrian Thompson; William Dazeley; Mischa Schelomianski; Colin Judson; The Glyndebourne Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Vladimir Jurowski
"Lucy Crowe’s glowingly sung Vixen ...Tom Pye’s Hockneyish designs are evocative of a world of childish wonder, with animal costumes which cleverly suggest human characteristic." (The Daily Telegraph)
"I was entranced throughout. The work's humour is realized extremely well but so is its more serious side...aside from Mackerras...I've never heard the opera conducted with such colour, wit, detail and dramatic urgency...Crowe's Vixen is vocally completely secure and delightfully and sharply characterized...[in the closing scene] there is just the right sense of pantheistic rapture...an outstanding achievement." (International Record Review)
"I was entranced throughout. The work's humour is realized extremely well but so is its more serious side...aside from Mackerras...I've never heard the opera conducted with such colour, wit, detail and dramatic urgency...Crowe's Vixen is vocally completely secure and delightfully and sharply characterized...[in the closing scene] there is just the right sense of pantheistic rapture...an outstanding achievement." (International Record Review)
