Het sluwe vosje (1995)

21 January ’95 > 11 February ’95

Info

On a warm summer afternoon, a ranger is taking a nap in the woods when a frog lands on his nose. He startles and sees a beautiful young fox. He grabs it and takes the struggling animal home. After the fox has lived in captivity for some time with the ranger and his grumpy wife, it escapes to the woods. There it meets a male fox, and it is love at first sight. A wedding follows, and the family expansion won’t take long.

One day the fox is shot by a poacher after stealing a chicken from its basket. Some time later, the ranger is taking a nap in the forest and sees in his dream a young fox, the spitting image of his own fox. He’s just about to grab it when he wakes up. In his hand he holds a startled frog, the grandson of the frog that woke the ranger in the very first scene.

Cast

The Ranger Russell Smythe
The Ranger’s wife Hebe Dijkstra
The schoolmaster Adrian Thompson
The pastor Jan Alofs
Harasta, the poacher Romain Bischoff
Pasak, the innkeeper Laurent van Gulik
Paskavo, the innkeeper Désirée van Loon
Pepik, the ranger’s son Laurence Misonne
Frantik, his friend Adrienne Coenegracht
Bystrouska, the sly fox Anne Dawson
The fox Young-Hee Kim
Lapak, the dog Gert Jan Alders
The rooster Jan Gooren
Chocholka, the crested hen Elisabeth McConnell
The mosquito Erik Nelissen
The badger Nanco de Vries
The owl Regula Boeninger
The jay Pamela Heuvelmans
The woodpecker Loek Frohn
Dragonfly Andrew George
The chickens Sareanne de Bruijn, Pamela heuvel,ams
The chickens Désirée van Loon, Irene Meeuvis, Klaartje van Veen

Creatives

Director Aidan Lang
Musical direction Julian Reynolds
Set- and costume design Lez Brotherston
Light design John Bishop
Choreography Andrew George
Orchestra LSO, Symphonie Orkest van Maastricht
Young foxes, cricket, butterfly, caterpillar, frog, flies Children of Stichting Koorschool Limburg
Choir Het Zuidelijk Theaterkoor

Media

‘One travel opera is enough’