Janáček: The Cunning Little Vixen (1965)

Product Details

• UPC: 9783941311008
• Composer: Leoš Janáček
• Genre: Opera
• Number of discs: 1
• Label: Arthaus Musik
• Release date: 2009 (original recording: 1965)

Product Specifications

• Sound Format: PCM Stereo
• Picture Format: 4:3 (Black and White)
• Language: German
• Subtitle Languages: German, English, French, Spanish
• Region Code: All Regions, NTSC
• Age Rating: Suitable for all ages (FSK 0)
• Running Time: 103 minutes (opera) + 10 minutes (extras)

Overview

Experience Leoš Janáček's enchanting opera, "The Cunning Little Vixen," in this 1965 electronic recording directed by Walter Felsenstein. Based on a German translation by Felsenstein and an adaptation by Max Brod, this black-and-white studio production features the Orchestra and Chorus of the Komische Oper Berlin, conducted by Václav Neumann.

The opera tells the story of a clever vixen and her encounters with various animals and humans in the forest, exploring themes of love, loss, and the cycle of life.

Cast and Crew

• Staging and Artistic Direction: Walter Felsenstein
• Film Direction and Script: Walter Felsenstein
• Conductor: Václav Neumann
• Set Design: Rudolf Heinrich, Herbert Michel
• Costume Design: Rudolf Heinrich, Gundolf Foizik
• The Fox: Irmgard Arnold
• The Vixen: Manfred Hopp
• The Badger: Josef Burgwinkel
• The Cock: Frank Volker
• The Dog: Werner Enders
• The Hen: Christa Oehlmann
• The Dragonfly: Karin Vetter
• The Forester: Rudolf Asmus
• The Forest Warden: Ruth Schob-Lipka
• The Schoolmaster: Werner Ender
• The Priest: Josef Burgwink
• Harašta: Herbert Köfer
• Terynka: Helga Nat

Special Features

• Facsimile & texts: "The Cunning Little Vixen" speech by Walter Felsenstein (1958)
• Rudolf Heinrich: "The Vixen Forest" (1956)
• Letter from Václav Neumann to Walter Felsenstein (1956)
• Interview with Walter Felsenstein (1957)
• Speech by Walter Felsenstein: "Thanking the television team" (1965)
• Discussion with the "Friends of the Komische Oper Berlin" (1972)
• Piano reduction with the original text adaptation by Walter Felsenstein: Female Act III, Entry of the vixen