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The cunning little vixen: opera in three acts

coproduction Idéale Audience, Opéra national de Paris, NHK, with the participation of France 2; [composed] by Leoš Janáček; libretto by the composer after the novella Liška Bystrouška by Rudolf Tésnohlídek; musical director, Dennis Russell Davies; directed by Don Kent; produced by Françoise Gazio
Resource Type:
DVD Video
Creation:
2008
Publication:
[Paris] : Medici Arts, [2009]
Copyright:
©2009
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Summary:
A story featuring a forester and a vixen, who is first adopted by him and then escapes to the forest where she is wooed by a fox.
Contributors:
Janáček, Leoš, 1854-1928 , composer, librettist
Tsallagova, Elena , performer
Rasilainen, Jukka , performer
Lagrange, Michèle , performer
Minutillo, Hana , performer
Kuebler, David , performer
Bracht, Roland , performer
Gay, Paul , performer
Davies, Dennis Russell , conductor, director
Mortier, Gerard , director
Engel, André
Rieti, Nicky
Neumuller, Elizabeth , costume designer
Grès, Françoise , choreographer
Diot, André
Kent, Don , director
Gazio, Françoise , producer
Těsnohlídek, Rudolf, 1882-1928
Opéra de Paris > Chœur , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
Atelier lyrique (Opéra de Paris) , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
Opéra de Paris > Orchestre , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
Maîtrise des Hauts-de-Seine , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
Opéra national de Paris , producer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pro
Opéra Bastille , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
Idéale Audience International , producer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pro
Nihon Hōsō Kyōkai , producer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pro
France 2 , producer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pro
Medici Arts (Firm)
Languages:
Czech
English
French
German
Language Notes:
Sung in Czech, with optional subtitles in English, French and German.
Included Works:
Motion picture adaptation of: Příhody lišky Bystroušky [by Janáček, L.]
Related Works:
Motion picture adaptation of: Liška Bystrouška [by Těsnohlídek, R.]
Alternate Titles:
Original title in Czech: Příhody lišky Bystroušky
Subjects:
Operas
Genres:
Operas
Nonfiction films
Feature films
System Details:
DVD-9; NTSC, region code 0; aspect ratio 16:9; PCM stereo; Dolby digital 5.1DTS soundtracks.
Performers:
Elena Tsallagova (Vixen) ; Jukka Rasilainen (Forester) ; Michèle Lagrange (Wife/Owl) ; Hannah Esther Minutillo (Fox) ; David Kuebler (Schoolmaster) ; Roland Bracht (Parson) ; Paul Gay (Harašta) ; Orchestra, Chorus and Operatic Studio of the Opéra national de Paris ; Choir of Hauts-de-Seine; Children chorus of the Opéra national de Paris.
Production Credits:
Stage director, André Engel; stage design, Nicky Rieti; costumes, Elizabeth Neumuller; choreography, Françoise Grès; director of photography, Andre Diot.
General Notes:
Recorded live at the Opéra Bastille, Paris in Nov., 2008.
Bonus features (20 min.) include a documentary An encounter: backstage at the Paris Opéra, interviews with Gerard Mortier, the director of the Opéra national de Paris, with André Engel and Elena Tsallagova (in French with optional subtitles)
Booklet with program notes in English, French and German (12 p.) inserted in container.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Physical Characteristics:
plastic; metal; polychrome
Audio Characteristics:
digital; optical
Video Characteristics:
NTSC
Digital Characteristics:
video file; DVD video; all regions
Call Numbers:
CUN 2008 DVD
Other Standard Numbers:
Universal Product Code: 899132000855
Publisher Number, Medici Arts: EDV 1333
Publisher Number, Medici Arts: 3078388
OCLC Numbers:
1053046321
328112643 [Invalid]