Avery Fisher Hall, New York, NY

Set 1
LEOS JANACEK: The Cunning Little Vixen (Opera in Three Acts)

Act I - How Vixen Sharp-Ears was Caught
Sharp-Ears at the Forester's Lakeside Farmyard
Sharp-Ears as Politician
Sharp-Ears Runs Away


Set 2
Act II - Sharp-Ears Expropriates a Home
Sharp-Ears's Courtship
Sharp-Ears's Love and Marriage


Set 3
Act III - Sharp-Ears Outwits Harasta from Lisen
Sharp-Ears's Death
The Young Sharp-Ears is the Spitting Image of Her Mother


Comment
In a subscription concert from June 2011, Alan Gilbert leads the New York Philharmonic in a fully-staged, English-language performance of Janacek's opera, The Cunning Little Vixen.

Saturday, June 25, 2011 at 8:00 PM (Complete program).

Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center
Home of the New York Philharmonic

LEOS JANACEK (1854-1928): Prihody lisky Bystrousky ("The Adventures of Vixen Sharp-Ears," or "The Cunning Little Vixen"; composed 1922-1923)
Performance adheres to the edition by Jiri Zahradka, published in 2010 by Universal Edition, Vienna; English translation by Norman Tucker.

CAST
Forester: Alan Opie*
Forester's Wife/Owl: Melissa Parks
Schoolmaster/Mosquito: Keith Jameson*
Badger/Parson: Wilbur Pauley
Harasta, a poacher and poultry dealer: Joshua Bloom
Pasek, an innkeeper: John Kawa
Mrs. Paskova, innkeeper's wife: Tami Petty
Pepik, the Forester's grandson: Jennifer Bates
Frantik, Pepik's friend: Serena Benedetti*
Young Vixen: Noah Sadik
Vixen: Isabel Bayrakdarian*
Fox: Marie Lenormand
Cricket: Kiki Porter*
Grasshopper: John Albert*
Frog: Yves Mervin-Leroy*
Lapak, a dog: Kelley O'Connor
Cock/Jay: Emalie Savoy*
Chocholka, a hen: Devon Guthrie*
Woodpecker: Lacey Benter*
Hen: Kirsten Kane
Hen: Helen Karloski
Hen: Margarita Martinez
Hen: Erica Powell
Hen: Elena Williamson
Butterfly/Cricket cover: Jane Albert*
Chipmunk/Frog cover: Seth Ewing-Crystal*
Hedgehog: Dylan Hamme*
Bird Boy: Richard Hausman*
Moth/Grasshopper cover: Andrea Morokutti*
Beetle: Anthony Pedone*
Dragonfly/Young Vixen cover: Neel Najarajan*
Rabbit: Sofus Rose*
Terynka: Emily Wagner*

New York Choral Artists - Joseph Flummerfelt, Director
Metropolitan Opera Children's Chorus - Anthony Piccolo, Director

Doug Fitch, Director
Karole Armitage, Choreographer
Edouard Getaz, Producer
A production created by Giants Are Small
G.W. Mercier and Doug Fitch, Scenic Design
Clifton Taylor, Lighting Design
Doug Fitch, Costume Design
Cookie Jordan, Makeup Design

New York Philharmonic
Alan Gilbert, Conductor
Glenn Dicterow, Concertmaster

*New York Philharmonic debut

This New York Philharmonic subscription concert was part of a series of performances which also included 2011-06-22, 2011-06-23, and 2011-06-24. For more information, cut and paste the following link into your browser:

https://archives.nyphil.org/index.php/artifact/d655af70-7678-40cb-8256-f132b71a5a07-0.1

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