I saw Leoš Janáček’s
”The Cunning Vixen” already in 2015, when it had its first night in the
National Opera. Now I was offered a chance to see it again and I thought, that
it would be nice to revisit the opera.
The absolutely highest
point of this opera is the costume and set design. The visual design is by
Klaus Haapaniemi (execution Mark Väisänen). Visually the opera was a typical
Haapaniemi work: full of colours and fairy tale like forms, which suited this
opera really well. On the stage there were, in addition to foxes, a lot of
other animals and it was interesting to follow them, even if you weren’t that keen
on the music itself. The set design also suited this opera/fairy tale. Lights (Immo
Karaman, Matti Leinonen) were also beautifully adapted to the story. They were
not very bright, which occasionally frustrated me, because I would have liked
to see the costume details better. Fortunately during the final bows lights
were brighter.
From the point of view
of music this opera is beautiful, even though it does not contain huge,
memorable arias. Orchestra plays an important role, since there is surprisingly
little singing in the opera. That is one of the reasons, the most memorable
thing in this production is the visual design and movements, and the music
remains on the background.
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