The Cunning Little Vixen

Opera

Writers: Leoš Janáček

Songs

Author's Note: This piece is through-composed without strict scene delineations. The breakdown below is given to indicate the movement of character and natural breaks in the score, and it may differ from other breakdowns.

Act One

  • Prelude
  • ‘Dostaneme bourku’ - Forester, Cricket, Grasshopper
  • ‘Kmotrenka zakoncertovala si také?’ - Cricket, Grasshopper, Mosquito, Frog
  • ‘Mami!’ - Vixen Cub, Forester
  • Pantomime - Blue Dragonfly
  • Interlude / Promena
  • ‘To cucis Lapáku!?’ - Forester, Forester’s Wife, Vixen, Lapak
  • ‘Já taky nemám zkusenošti’ - Vixen
  • ‘Ze nevis, co mamé?’ - Pepik, Frantik, Vixen, Forester’s wife, Forester
  • Pantomime - Vixen
  • ‘Mělas dělat podlivá mně!’ - Lapak, Rooster, Crested Hen, Hens, Vixen
  • ‘Hled'te sestry jakého máte vudce!’ - Vixen, Crested Hen, Hens, Forester’s Wife, Forester

Act Two

  • ‘Ach!’ - Vixen, Badger, Vermin
  • ‘Ano, ve Strani bude daleko lépe’ - Parson, Forester, Schoolmaster, Pasek
  • ‘Domu? Pro ten snupec tvého spani’ - Forester, Pasek
  • ‘Bud'to mám teziste pohyblivé’ - Schoolmaster
  • ‘Pomni, abys byl dobrym muzém!’ - Parson, Schoolmaster, Forester
  • 'Bozinku, ten je hezké!' - Vixen, Fox
  • ‘Kradla jsem!’ - Vixen
  • ‘Zlatohrbitek, lisák a krouzkovymi pesiky’ - Fox, Vixen
  • ‘Kdbyste vedeli, co já videla’ - Owl, Jay, Fox, Vixen
  • ‘No, že už dete’ - Woodpecker, Fox, Chorus of Woodland Voices

Act Three

  • ‘Dez sem vandroval, mozeka hrála’ - Harašta, Forester
  • ‘Bezi liska Táboru’ - Chorus of young foxes, Vixen, Fox
  • ‘Kolik jsme uz meli deti?’ - Fox, Vixen, Harašta
  • Interlude / Promena
  • ‘A kde otec Pásak?’ - Forester, Mrs Paskova
  • ‘To uz ne!’ - Schoolmaster, Mrs Paskova, Forester
  • ‘Nerikal jsem to?’ - Forester
  • ‘Hoj! Ale neni tu Bystrousky!’ - Forester
  • ‘Totok nejsem já’ - Frog, Forester

A song with an asterisk (*) before the title indicates a dance number; a character listed in a song with an asterisk (*) by the character's name indicates that the character exclusively serves as a dancer in this song, which is sung by other characters.


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