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Janácek's opera, inspired by the 1920s newspaper cartoon character, Vixen Sharpears, returns to its roots with a specially-adapted version of the score prepared by conductor Kent Nagano for the animated film by Geoff Dunbar (Peter Rabbit/Rupert and the Frog Song).

 

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Extra Features

• Animating The Cunning Little Vixen
• Inside the animation studios with director Geoff Dunbar
• Interactive storyboard
• Dunbar's complete storyboard multi-angled with the film
• Stages of animation
• Use the remote control 'angle' button to follow the stages of animation

"Alert to nature's sounds… Janáček's wondrous animal opera, a lovable yet unsentimental celebration of nature… Janáček's incandescent score glows musically under Kent Nagano's baton, and under Geoff Dunbar's luminescent paintbrush, the film glows, literally…a film that presents opera as something real and yet fantastical. Kids should see it, and this DVD is the only way."
- Los Angeles Times

"…brilliantly inventive, very appealing and likely to become a classic"
- Classical Music

"Perfect diction, an essential is ensured. I urge any parent with a musical child to acquire this DVD..."
- The Sunday Telegraph

"It was an inspired idea to make an animated film version of Czech composer Leos Janácek’s 1923 opera The Cunning Little Vixen which he based on a serialized newspaper cartoon. Conductor Kent Nagano’s condensed version of the score retains the opera’s touching core, and Geoff Dunbar’s animation has charm for adults and children alike."
- Newark Star Ledger (USA)