LEOŠ JANÁCEK (1854–1928)
THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN
Sharp-Ears, the Vixen – Louise Alder
Gold-Spur, the Fox – Jenny Carlstedt
The Forester – Simon Neal
The Forester’s Wife / Owl – Joanna
Krasuska-Motulewicz
The Schoolmaster – Beau Gibson
The Priest – Magnús Baldvinsson
Haraschta – Sebastian Geyer
Dog/Woodpecker – Nina Tarandek
The Innkeeper Pasek – Michael McCown
Rooster/Jay – Britta Stallmeister
The Crested Hen / The Innkeeper’s wife
– Nora Friedrichs
Frankfurt Opera and Museum Orchestra
Choir and Children’s Choir of Frankfurt Opera
Johannes Debus
The heroine dies. Not of a deadly disease,
not of a broken heart, not in ecstasy nor by
her own hand. There is no final aria, no perpetual
drawing-out of the last breath, no resounding
lament, no congregation of mourners. Only
briefly does the music echo bygone happiness.’*
This might sum up Janácek’s enchanting opera,
recorded live in the usual top quality at Frankfurt
Opera
in April/May 2016.