Die schlaue Füchsin

by Leoš Janáček
Opera in three acts
Libretto by the composer, based on the short story *Liška Bystrouška* by Rudolf Těsnohlídek
Edited by Jiří Zahrádka
Leoš Janáček’s *The Cunning Little Vixen* ( 1924) is his most personal stage work and a poetic-philosophical parable about desire, transience, and the cycle of life. In Stephan Kimmig’s acclaimed Stuttgart production, vitality becomes the driving force of the evening, shaping both humans and animals alike. The vixen appears as the untamable female counterpart, a force that challenges order and awakens longing. This season, Natasha Te Rupe-Wilson stars as the she-fox; Diana Haller and Ida Ränzlöv share the role of the fox; and Paweł Konik once again portrays the forester. The chorus, children’s choir, and State Orchestra perform under the baton of Killian Farrell.