The Cunning Little Vixen | Opera review

Royal Opera House, LondonNowadays, Janácˇek is a fixture in the operatic repertory across the world, but in 1990, when Bill Bryden's production of The Cunning Little Vixen was first seen at Covent Garden, the opera had never been performed there before. The staging was warmly received when it was new, but 20 years and three revivals later, it is beginning to creak a little and to look, one might say, just a bit foxed.Tastes may have changed, but much of what might have been charmingly ima...

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