A 2011 recording in which Alan Gilbert conducts a staged production of Leoš Janáček’s seventh opera, The Cunning Little Vixen, a playful, yet poignant, reflection on the cycle of life. Alec Baldwin is the host, and we’ll hear interviews with the producer Edouard Getaz, director Doug Fitch, as well as cast members and Janáček expert Gavin Plumley.
Cast
Alan Gilbert
Alan Opie, baritone
Melissa Parks, mezzo-soprano
Keith Jameson, tenor
Wilbur Pauley, bass
Joshua Bloom, baritone
Isabel Bayrakdarian, soprano
Marie Lenormand, mezzo-soprano
Serena Benedetti, soprano
Kelley O’Connor, mezzo-soprano
Emalie Savoy, soprano
Devon Guthrie, soprano
Lacey Benter, mezzo-soprano
New York Choral Artists/ Joseph Flummerfelt, director
Metropolitan Opera Children’s Chorus