Seattle Opera’s only production of
was sung in the English translation by Yveta Synek Graff, instead of the original Czech, for the sake of the many children onstage and in the audience. This beautiful ‘cycle-of-life’ story, inspired by a newspaper cartoon, charmed audiences young and old.

Vincent Huberty (Frog) and Dale Duesing (the Forester) in Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen, 1994 © Gary Smith

Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen, 1994 © Gary Smith

Kathryn Gamberoni (Vixen Sharp-Ears) in Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen, 1994 © Gary Smith

Dale Duesing (the Forester) in Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen, 1994 © Gary Smith

Kathryn Gamberoni (Vixen Sharp-Ears) and Julia Parks (Golden Stripe the Fox) in Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen, 1994 © Gary Smith