THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN
Role:
Stage-director
Producer:
Dutch National Touring Opera
Material:
Príhody lisky Bystrousky (1923), an opera in three acts by Leos Janácek (1854-1928), in a new Dutch sung translation by Jibbe Willems.
“The Cunning Little Vixen of the Reisopera is a musical declaration of love. […] You could feel the love for nature in this production.”
“In the staging of Rennik-Jan Neggers […], the animal world is a joy to behold: very stylised and yet playful.”
“…the chickens dressed in lavish white tulle and their typically jerky head movements are a comical highlight.”
In The cunning little Vixen, we follow the story of the Cunning Fox and the Forester, in which the influence of humans on nature plays a particularly important role. The humans in the piece aggressively interfere in the the forest world, affecting the animals that live within it and sparking friction. The story is really about the balance that must be found between humans and nature and the challenges that this entails. This balance is represented in this production by making the humans and the animals equals, co-existing in the forest world, allowing the audiences to identify as much with the animals as with the alienated humans.
There is an important lesson from Janáček in the opera about restoring that relationship between humans and nature. The Cunning Little Vixen teaches us, that nature has the power to regenerate itself, as long as humans manage to find a balance.
“The audience gratefully rewarded the artistic team for this visually stunning production.”
“This is one of the reasons for the success of this opera: the imaginative setting.”
“The production is a pure delight for all the senses, and the 105 minutes fly by.”
Venue:
22 January – Wilminktheater, Enschede
24 January – The Hague, Amare
29 January – Den Bosch, Theater aan de Parade
31 January – Doetinchem, Amphion
3 February – Maastricht, Theater aan het Vrijthof
5 February – Emmen, Atlas Theater
7 February – Groningen, Stadsschouwburg
10 February – Eindhoven, Parktheater
12 February – Apeldoorn, Orpheus
14 February – Zwolle, De Spiegel
More information on:
https://reisopera.nl/programma/het-sluwe-vosje?tab=tour
Team:
Musical direction: Pieter-Jelle de Boer
Staging: Rennik-Jan Neggers
Set-design: Sebastian Hannak
Costume-design: Sarah Mittenbühler
Light design: Alex Brok
Movement Director: Virág Dezsö
Cast:
Little Vixen: Laetitia Gerards
Forester: Jasper Leever
Fox: Polly Leech
Harašta/Lapak: Huub Claessens
Priest/Badger: Martijn Sanders
Schoolmaster/Mosquito: Mark Omvlee
Forester’s Wife/Owl: Eva Kroon
Cricket/Hen/Paskóva: Ana-Carmen Balestra
Pásek/Woodpecker: Denzil Delaere
Jay/Grasshopper/Frantik: Kris Ng
Pepik/Frog: Channa Malkin
Young Vixen: Sarah Konig
Children’s chorus: Reisopera Kinderkoor
Chorus: Consensus Vocalis
Orchestra: Orkest Phion