Leoš Janáček
DAS SCHLAUE FÜCHSLEIN (The Cunning Little Vixen)
(sung in German)
The Vixen – Irmgard Arnold
The Fox – Manfred Hopp
The Badger / The Priest – Josef Burgwinkel
The Dog – Werner Enders
The Cock – Frank Volker
The Hen – Christa Oehlmann
The Dragonfly – Karin Vetter
The Forester – Rudolf Asmus
The Forest Warden – Ruth Schob-Lipka
The Schoolmaster – Werner Enders
Harašta - Herbert Rössler
Terynka – Helga Naujoks
Berlin Komische Oper Chorus and Orchestra
Václav Neumann, conductor
Walter Felsenstein, stage director
Rudolf Heinrich and Herbert Michel, set design
Rudolf Heinrich and Gundolf Foizik, costume design
Bonus features:
- Facsimile and texts: The Cunning Little Vixen – Speech by Walter Felsenstein in Brno at the Janáček congress, 20.10.1958
- Rudolf Heinrich: The Vixen Forest, 1956; Letter from Václav Neumann to Walter Felsenstein, 1956
- Interview with Walter Felsenstein on the occasion of the guest performance of The Cunning Little Vixen, 1956
- Speech by Walter Felsenstein: Thanking the television team, 1965; Discussion with the Friends of the Komische Oper Berlin, 1972
- Piano reduction with the original text adaptation by Walter Felsenstein: Finale Act III, Entry of the forester
Picture format: NTSC 4:3
Sound format: PCM Stereo
Region code: 0 (worldwide)
Menu languages: English, German, French, Spanish
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish
Running time: 103 mins (opera) + 18 mins (bonus)
No. of DVDs: 1 (DVD9)
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