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Encyclopedia > The Cunning Little Vixen

The Cunning Little Vixen (Příhody Lišky Bystroušky, literally "The Adventures of Vixen Sharp-Ears," in Czech) is an opera by Leoš Janáček, with a libretto adapted by the composer from a serialized novella (daily comic) by Rudolf Těsnohlídek, which was first published in newspaper Lidové noviny. It was premiered on 6 November 1924 in Brno. This article does not cite its references or sources. ... The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... A libretto is the complete body of words used in an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, sacred or secular oratorio and cantata, musical, and ballet. ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... Rudolf TÄ›snohlídek (July 7, 1882 - January 12, 1928, suicide) was a Czech writer, journalist and translator. ... Lidové noviny is daily newspaper in Czech Republic. ... November 6 is the 310th day of the year (311th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 55 days remaining. ... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Brno â–¶(?) (-Czech, German: Brünn) is the second-largest city of the Czech Republic, located in the southeast of the country, at the confluence of the Svitava and Svratka rivers. ...


This is Janáček's lightest opera, and, despite the titular vixen's death at the end of the work, it stands in contrast to the often brutally serious nature of operas such as Jenůfa and Káťa Kabanová. As is the case with many of his works, the heroine represents a woman, Kamila Stösslová, with whom Janáček had a long infatuation. In The Cunning Little Vixen, the composer moved away from the more conversational style of previous and subsequent operas in favor of a more folk-like style. The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... Katyá Kabanová is an opera by Leoš Janáček , first produced in Brno on 23 November 1921. ... Kamila Stösslová (née Neumannová) (1891-1935) holds an unusual place in music history. ...


At Janáček's request, the final scene from The Cunning Little Vixen was performed at his funeral in 1928. 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...


In 2003, an animated version was produced by BBC. 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Corporate logo of the British Broadcasting Corporation. ...


In 2004 Jan Pitínský rewrote the opera as a theatre play for Slovácké divadlo in Uherské Hradiště. 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Uherské HradiÅ¡tÄ› (-Czech, German: Ungarisch Hradisch) is a town in the southeastern Czech Republic on the Morava river in the Zlin Region, Moravia. ...


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The Cunning Little Vixen - Leoš Janacek (652 words)
In a clearly feminist statement, the Vixen urges the hens to revolt; when that fails she kills the rooster and flees to the woods.
The main exceptions are the duet between the Fox and the Vixen, a shimmering dialogue of courtship and love, and the final aria of the Forester.
Throughout, the orchestral sound is rhapsodic, laced with the pastoral rhythms of the forest, from the buzz of insects to a sense of peaceful contemplation.
15. Concerning the Beast Folk. Wells, H.G. 1896. The Island of Doctor Moreau (1747 words)
Beyond these general characters their heads had little in common; each preserved the quality of its particular species: the human mark distorted but did not hide the leopard, the ox, or the sow, or other animal or animals, from which the creature had been moulded.
The hands were always malformed; and though some surprised me by their unexpected human appearance, almost all were deficient in the number of the digits, clumsy about the finger-nails, and lacking any tactile sensibility.
At first I had a shivering horror of the brutes, felt all too keenly that they were still brutes; but insensibly I became a little habituated to the idea of them, and moreover I was affected by Montgomery’s attitude towards them.
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