The Cunning Little Vixen
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It’s no easy matter taming a vixen! The gamekeeper, who introduces one into his household, learns this the hard way, especially as the animal in question is particularly cunning, feminist and even revolutionary, calling on the hens in the barnyard to revolt against the cockerel and “forge a new world”! Alas, while freedom allows her to find love, the little vixen will pay a high price...
Premiered in Brno in 1924, Leoš Janáček’s piece, with orchestration as lush as the nature it describes, is a score apart in the history of opera, where foxes, crickets and grasshoppers, dogs and woodpeckers are rarely the heroes of the story.
A fairy tale fable, an allegory of human life, a hymn celebrating the eternal renewal of life and nature, this Cunning Little Vixen is directed by André Engel, whose sunflower fields harbour the nostalgia of childhood.
Program and cast
Opera in three acts (1924)
After Rudolf Těsnohlídek, Liška Bystrouška
Creative team
Leoš Janáček - Music
Leoš Janáček - Libretto
Juraj Valčuha - Conductor
Alessandro Di Stefano - Chorus master
André Engel - Director
Nicky Rieti - Set design
Elizabeth Neumuller - Costume design
André Diot - Lighting design
Françoise Grès - Choreography
Cast
Elena Tsallagova - The Vixen
Paula Murrihy - The Fox
Iain Paterson - The Forester
Éric Huchet - The Schoolmaster, the Mosquito
Frédéric Caton - The Priest
Milan Siljanov - The Wanderer
Maria Warenberg - The Dog
Se-Jin Hwang - The Innkeeper
Anne-Sophie Ducret - The Innkeeper's wife
Rocio Ruiz Cobarro - The Cockerel / The Jay
Irina Kopylova - The Hen
Marie-Cécile Chevassus - The Woodpecker
Slawomir Szychowiak - The Badger
Marie Gautrot - Sa Femme Sova / La chouette
The Paris Opera Orchestra and Chorus
With the Maîtrise des Hauts-de‑Seine / the Paris Opera Children's Choir
Language : Czech
Surtitle : French / English
Duration : 2h05 with 1 interval
Opening
First part - 65 minutes
Intermission 25 minutes
Second part - 35 minutes
End
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Opéra Bastille
A great modern theatre
The Opéra Bastille is the work of the Canadian-Uruguayan architect Carlos Ott, who was chosen in November 1983 after an international competition that attracted entries from some 1,700 architects. The theatre was inaugurated on July 13th 1989.
Its architecture is marked by transparent façades and by the use of identical materials for both the interiors and the exteriors.
With its 2,700 acoustically consistent seats, its unique stage facilities, its integrated scenery, costume and accessory workshops, as well as its numerous work areas and rehearsal rooms, the Opera Bastille is a great modern theatre.
Stage facilities
Orchestra pit, mobile and adjustable, can be covered; at its largest it can house 130 musicians
Main stage, 45 m high, 30 m wide, 25 m deep, made up of 9 elevators allowing several levels to be created and supported by three main elevators, which bring scenery up from below stage
Clearing zones, 4 storage areas with the same dimensions as the stage
Backstage area, with its scenery turntable
Circulation area, scenery temporarily stored between the stage, workshops and rehearsal stage
Rehearsal stage, the Salle Gounod, with its orchestra pit and dimensions identical to those of the main stage
The building
Area at ground level: 22,000 m²
Floor area: 160,000 m²
Total height: 80 m (including 30 m below street level)
The auditoriums
The main auditorium
Area: 1,200 m², 5% of the total for the building
Dimensions: 20 m high, 32 m deep, 40 m wide
Number of seats: 2,703
Materials: blue granite from Lannelin in Brittany, pearwood from China, glass ceiling
The amphitheatre
Area: 700 m²
Depth : 21.4 m
Number of seats : 450
Materials: white breccia marble from Verona, staff ceiling
The Studio
Area: 280 m²
Depth: 19,5 m
Number of seats: 237
Materials: white breccia marble from Verona and pearwood
Performances: Th 16 May 2024,
Performances: Th 16 May 2024,
Performances: Sa 18 May 2024,
Performances: Th 16 May 2024,
Performances: Th 16 May 2024,
Performances: Su 26 May 2024,