The Cunning Little Vixen – reviews of Janacek opera

Garsington Opera lures critics with 'superb' production in evocative country-house setting

The Cunning Little Vixen opera
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What you need to knowA new production of Leos Janacek's The Cunning Little Vixen has opened at Garsington Opera, at Wormsley, Buckinghamshire. Daniel Slater directs Czech composer Janacek's 1924 comic opera, which was inspired by a comic strip and incorporates Moravian folk music.

It tells the story of a forester who takes a wild vixen cub home as a pet. But when the cub grows into an adult vixen, he is forced to reflect upon unrequited love and the cycle of life.

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