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Fantastic Mr. Fox
Opera in three acts (reduced orchestration version)
Libretto by Donald Sturrock
Product Details
Description
A modern fable, Fantastic Mr. Fox is a story about good vs. evil, animal vs. human, and nature vs. technology. With the help of the other creatures of the forest, Mr. Fox must outwit his enemies to keep his family safe. Mr. Fox finds that he may have stolen one hen too many from the henhouse, as the meanest farmers anywhere — Boggis, Bunce, and Bean (one fat, one short, one lean) — conspire to rid their lands of the Fox family once and for all. The Foxes are able to evade capture with the help of some woodland friends, leaving the farmers laying in wait while the animals help themselves to the fruit of the farmers’ lands. Having had their revenge, the animals return for a sumptuous feast far from danger in the Foxes‘ new home, while the farmers continue to wait in the rain.
The opera is available in a singable German version as well.
Orchestral Cast
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Cast
Fantastic Mr. Fox · baritone - Mrs. Fox · mezzo-soprano - Bennie, Lennie, Jennie & Pennie Foxcub · children - Farmer Boggis · bass - Farmer Bunce · tenor - Farmer Bean · bass-baritone - Mavis the Tractor · soprano - Agnes the Digger · mezzo-soprano - Miss Hedgehog · soprano - Badger the Miner · baritone - Burrowing Mole · tenor - Rita the Rat · mezzo-soprano - Porcupine · tenor - Chorus of Trees · Children - Various Geese and Chickens
More Information
Title:
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Opera in three acts (reduced orchestration version)
Libretto by Donald Sturrock
based on the book by Roald Dahl
arranged by Sam Bill (2010)
German version by Frank Wenzel
Language:
German, English
Edition:
Performance material
Publisher/Label:
Schott Music
Year of composition:
1998
Duration:
80 ′0 ′′
World Premiere:
February 18, 2011 · London (UK)
Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon
Nicholas Merryweather, Mr Fox; Miriam Sharrad, Mrs Fox; Martha Jones, Cub; Abigail Kelly, Cub; Stuart Haycock, Mole; Catrine Kirkman, Hedgehog; Greg Tassell, Badger; Adam Tunnicliffe, Porcupine; Caryl Hughes, Rita Rat; Henry Grant Kerswell, Boggis; Mark Wilde, Bunce; Maciek O'Shea, Bean; Fiona Kimm, Agnes · Conductor: Timothy Carey
Original staging: Tim Yealland
Organizer: English Touring Opera
(scenic)
Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon
Nicholas Merryweather, Mr Fox; Miriam Sharrad, Mrs Fox; Martha Jones, Cub; Abigail Kelly, Cub; Stuart Haycock, Mole; Catrine Kirkman, Hedgehog; Greg Tassell, Badger; Adam Tunnicliffe, Porcupine; Caryl Hughes, Rita Rat; Henry Grant Kerswell, Boggis; Mark Wilde, Bunce; Maciek O'Shea, Bean; Fiona Kimm, Agnes · Conductor: Timothy Carey
Original staging: Tim Yealland
Organizer: English Touring Opera
(scenic)
Commissioned work :
Commissioned for the Los Angeles Opera by Felicity Dahl
Technical Details
Media Type:
Hire/performance material
Product number:
LSHM 50278
Delivery rights:
Worldwide
Manufacturer:
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Audio:
Performances
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Conductor: Timothy Carey
May 25, 2011 |
Belfast (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) , Grand Opera House
19.00 h
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Conductor: Timothy Carey
May 25, 2011 |
Belfast (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) , Grand Opera House
13.00 h
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Conductor: Timothy Carey
May 9, 2011 |
Truro (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) , Hall for Cornwall
19.30 h
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Conductor: Timothy Carey
May 7, 2011 |
Buxton (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) , Buxton Opera House
19.30 h
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Conductor: Timothy Carey
May 2, 2011 |
Wolverhampton (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) , Wolverhampton Grand Theatre
19.30 h
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Conductor: Timothy Carey
April 21, 2011 |
Norwich (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) , Norwich Theatre Royal
19.30 h
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Conductor: Timothy Carey
April 17, 2011 |
Snape (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) , Snape Maltings Concert Hall
19.30 h
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Conductor: Timothy Carey
April 5, 2011 |
Cheltenham (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) , Everyman Theatre
19.30 h
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Conductor: Timothy Carey
March 31, 2011 |
Crawley (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) , The Hawth
19.30 h
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Conductor: Timothy Carey
March 22, 2011 |
Exeter (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) , Exeter Northcott
19.30 h
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Conductor: Timothy Carey
March 15, 2011 |
Cambridge (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) , Cambridge Arts Theatre
18.30 h
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Conductor: Timothy Carey
March 10, 2011 |
London (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) , Hackney Empire
19.30 h
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Conductor: Timothy Carey
February 18, 2011 |
London (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) , Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon — World Premiere
19.30 h
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