COMPOSERS: Janacek
LABELS: Arthaus
WORKS: Das Schlaue Füchslein (Cunning Little Vixen – in German)
PERFORMER: Arnold, Hopp, Asmus; Berlin Comic Opera Chorus and Orchestra/Václav Neumann; dir. Walter Felsenstein (Studio, 1965)
CATALOGUE NO: 101 297
Felsenstein’s classic staging received 218 performances between 1956 and 1964. Václav Neumann’s fine conducting supports the minutely detailed visuals, caught in grainy black and white. George Hall