Opera - The Cunning Little Vixen
LEOS JANACEK
(1854-1928)
The Cunning Little Vixen
96:47
The Adventures of Fox Sharp-Ears
Opera in three acts
Libretto by Leoš Janácek, English translation by Yveta Synek Graff and Robert T. Jones
Act I
1
Prelude
3:15
2
'Going to be a storm soon'
1:32
Forester
3
'Come on, old lady, and let's get the show started'
1:50
Cricket, Caterpillar, Mosquito, Frog
4
'Mummy! Mummy! What is that?'
1:40
Vixen Cub, Forester
5
Pantomime
3:23
6
Interlude
2:00
7
'Look at how big she's grown!'
1:24
Forester, Forester's Wife, Vixen, Dog
8
'I'm just the same too'
1:11
Vixen
9
'Look what we've got down 'ere'
1:01
Pepík, Frantík, Vixen, Forester's Wife, Forester
10
Interlude (beginning) ('Ou, ou!')
2:14
Vixen
11
Interlude (conclusion)
2:12
12
'You should take a lesson from me!'
0:58
Dog, Rooster, Hens, Chief Hen
13
'Sisters! Comrades!'
2:09
Vixen, Hens, Rooster
14
'Come on then, don't be frightened'
1:39
Chief Hen, Forester's Wife, Vixen, Forester
Act II
15
Prelude
0:58
16
'Ah!' - 'Who's that out there screaming?'
1:52
Vixen, Badger, Forest creatures
17
Interlude
1:19
18
'In my view parish things have got to be better!'
0:43
Priest, Forester
19
'Once long since, long ago'
3:13
Forester, Schoolmaster, Priest, Pásek
20
'Home now?'
1:23
Forester, Pásek
21
Interlude
1:00
22
'Something is wrong with my equilibrium'
1:49
23
'Staccato! Flageoletti!'
1:26
Schoolmaster
24
'So remember to be a good man!'
2:09
Priest
25
'Memnestho aner agathos einai'
1:11
Priest, Forester, Schoolmaster
26
Interlude
1:06
27
'O my God! He's so handsome!'
1:39
Vixen, Fox
28
'One dark night'
3:15
Vixen
29
'Fox Goldenstripe'
1:18
Fox, Vixen
30
'Can it be that I am lovely?'
3:57
31
'Let me go! I am afraid of you!'
3:54
Vixen, Fox
32
'If you had only seen what I saw just now'
0:53
Owl, Jay, Vixen, Fox
33
'That's how it is!'
2:30
Fox, Vixen, Woodpecker, Forest creatures
Act III
34
Prelude
2:02
35
'In the month of May'
1:39
Harašta
36
'Hey there, Harašta, how's it going?'
3:50
Forester, Harašta
37
'Little foxes running fast'
1:52
Fox Cubs, Vixen, Fox
38
'How many children do we have?'
2:59
Fox, Vixen, Harašta
39
'Put it down fast! Harašta, Harašta!'
3:44
Harašta, Vixen
40
Interlude
2:29
41
'Where is old man Pásek?'
2:18
42
'Well I'm damned!'
4:08
Forester, Innkeeper's Wife, Schoolmaster
43
Interlude
1:04
44
'Spring is here at last'
3:01
45
'When evening arrives, I welcome the rays'
2:44
46
'Hey! But I can't see the Vixen there!'
0:55
Forester
47
'Tha-that wasn't me'
1:18
Frog
Thomas Allen bass - Forester
Robert Tear tenor - Mosquito/Schoolmaster
Gillian Knight soprano - Forester's Wife/Owl
Lillian Watson soprano - Vixen Sharp-Ears
Gwynne Howell bass - Priest/Badger
John Dobson tenor - Pásek
Nicholas Folwell baritone - Harašta
Diana Montague mezzo-soprano - Fox
Elizabeth Bainbridge mezzo-soprano - Innkeeper's Wife
Simon Rattle
June 1990