| Glyndebourne Festival - The Cunning Little Vixen Reviews | 21 April 2021 |
Lucy Crowe (Vixen), Emma Bell (Fox)
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Sergei Leiferkaus (Forester)
Lucy Crowe (Vixen)
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The Cunning Little VixenGlyndebourne FestivalNo. of reviews: 14 | |
Festival di Glyndebourne:”La volpe astuta” |
 29 May 12 / GBOPERA |
Slinky power vixen |
| 28 May 12 / Bloomberg |
Musical standards under the direction of Vladimir Jurowski, were exceptional |
| 27 May 12 / The Observer |
Glyndebourne's dreadlocks-and-driftwood Janacek misses the Slavic touch |
| 27 May 12 / Independent on Sunday |
Glyndebourne is special but opera can inspire on a small scale |
| 26 May 12 / Telegraph |
A colorful, moving Little Vixen |
| 26 May 12 / Wall Street Journal |
Vladimir Jurowski brings out the craggy grandeur of Janacek’s orchestral landscape |
| 22 May 12 / Evening Standard |
Meeting of animal and human worlds has the right earthiness in Melly Still's production |
| 22 May 12 / The Arts Desk |
The result feels only halfway to a genuine success |
| 22 May 12 / The Stage |
Two powerful performances transcend this prosaic, picture-book production |
| 22 May 12 / Financial Times (via Google) |
Melly Still’s new production of Janacek's masterpiece achieves a delicate balance between whimsy and mysticism |
| 22 May 12 / Telegraph |
It looks magical and it behaves like the naive woodcut it is |
| 22 May 12 / Independent |
A musical joy from beginning to end |
| 21 May 12 / Classical Source |
A 'brush' with greatness in Glyndebourne's superb |
| 21 May 12 / Music OMH |
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Interview: Sergei Leiferkus
Baritone Sergei Leiferkus, singing the Forester in Glyndebourne's current production of Cunning Little Vixen, talks about the opera.
Baritone Sergei Leiferkus, singing the Forester in Glyndebourne's current production of Cunning Little Vixen, talks about the opera.
The Cunning Little Vixen brings animal magic to Glyndebourne
With its cast of bloodthirsty foxes, lazy hens and mischievous frogs, Janácek's opera is joy – and a powerful reminder of the force of nature.
With its cast of bloodthirsty foxes, lazy hens and mischievous frogs, Janácek's opera is joy – and a powerful reminder of the force of nature.
Interview with soprano Lucy Crowe ahead of Little Vixen
At Glyndebourne, Lucy Crowe pauses on her dizzying ascent to stardom to talk to Rupert Christiansen.
At Glyndebourne, Lucy Crowe pauses on her dizzying ascent to stardom to talk to Rupert Christiansen.
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Cast
Crowe, Bell, Leiferkus, Rigby, Schelomianski, Thompson, Rigby, Schelomianski, Thompson, Dazeley, Judson, Pring
(c) Jurowski (d) Still
Performance dates
20, 24, 27, 29, 31 May, 3, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 28 June 2012
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