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In case you couldn’t make it to the New York Philharmonic’s June 2011 production of Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen — hailed by The Washington Post as “another victory” — the complete performance is now available through the iTunes pass! Own the performance that The New York Times described as “wondrous,” “ingeniously conceived,” and “glowing.”

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@NPRMusic is offering an exclusive preview of the New York Philharmonic’s upcoming August 16 iTunes Pass release of Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen.Click here to watch an all-new video at npr.org, and hear the entire performance, heralded as “one of Alan Gilbert’s boldest artistic ideas” and a “glowing, urgent performance,” by The New York Times.

For more information on the Philharmonic’s iTunes Pass, visit nyphil.org/iTunes.

Tonight’s performance of Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen is officially SOLD-OUT. Don’t miss your last opportunity to hear this great work tomorrow night, June 25.

In this video from the first of the New York Philharmonic’s four performances of Vixen — conducted by Music Director Alan Gilbert, and directed and designed by Doug Fitch — Vixen Sharp-Ears (sung by soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian), whom the Forester has captured to be a pet, is tormented by the Forester’s children and, after being leashed, dreams of being a free woman (dancer Emily Wagner).

Photos from the New York Philharmonic’s The Cunning Little Vixen.

The forest comes alive when the tiniest creatures put on a concert — with a slight  interruption by a pesky mosquito (Keith Jameson). The Vixen, who has been tied up by the Forester, exhorts the chickens to “build a better world” where are all equal. The Orchestra plays amid a field of 20 foot-high, majestic sunflowers. And the Vixen and Fox, played by Isabel Bayrakdarian and Marie Lenormand, respectively, sing some of what Opera News called “the most opulently passionate music this side of ‘Tristan’ on their love scene… the delight they took in their stage shenanigans and invigorating love affair served as a springboard for their glorious vocal flights.”

View the entire album of stunning photos by Chris Lee here.

“Another Success”

The New York Times review calls the New York Philharmonic’s “enchanted production” of The Cunning Little Vixen “one of Alan Gilbert’s boldest artistic ideas,” and describes a “glowing, urgent performance.” Read the entire review here.

In our newest Vixen Video, Avery Fisher Hall is transformed into a magical “metaphorest” to become the fantastical world of “The Cunning Little Vixen.”

Don’t miss one of only three performances left, June 23–25. Find out more at nyphil.org/vixen.