Michael Rosewell conductor
Orpha Phelan director
Arianna Folini assistant
Nate Gibson designer
Mark Jonathan lighting designer
Adam Haigh choreographer
áč The Cunning Little Vixen
Sung in English
Immerse yourself in the Britten Theatre for áč’s opera The Cunning Little Vixen. Playful parallels are drawn between animal and human life, hinting at shared characteristics while revelling in the variety of nature.
Through a tender series of snapshots of everyday life, we witness love, longing and loss in both humans and animals, made all the more profound through áč’s lush orchestral writing intermixed with folk tunes. This production embraces the episodic and at times whimsical nature of the opera, creating an off-beat world that has its own authenticity. Inspired by Vixen’s untameable wildness, it leans into the fact that the opera as a whole insists upon the power of nature and the cycle of life.
Please note this production contains themes of kidnap and death.
The production also uses haze, flashing lights, gunshot sounds and the depiction of blood.
The H Opera Studio is supported by the Patrick & Helena Frost Foundation and Old Possum’s Practical Trust
Approximate total running time: 1 hour 55 minutes (including an interval of 20 minutes)




