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Fantastic Mr. Fox

Opera in three acts (reduced orchestration version)
Libretto by Donald Sturrock
Edition: Performance material

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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

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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 Helicon Music Corporation
Year of composition:
1998
Duration:
80 ′
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)
Commissioned work :
Commissioned for the Los Angeles Opera by Felicity Dahl

Technical Details

Product number:
LSHM 50278
Delivery rights:
Worldwide

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Performances

Set Ascending Direction
  • 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
  • Set Ascending Direction

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