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''The Cunning Little Vixen'' ((チェコ語:Příhody lišky Bystroušky), lit. ''Adventures of the vixen known as Sharp-Ears'', and, until the 1970s, generally referred to in English as ''Adventures of Vixen Sharp-Ears'') is an opera by Leoš Janáček, with a libretto adapted by the composer from a serialized novella (daily comic) by Rudolf Těsnohlídek and Stanislav Lolek, which was first published in the newspaper ''Lidové noviny''. The opera incorporates Moravian folk music and rhythms.〔Cheek 2004, p.6〕〔Zemanová 2002〕 Described as a comic opera,〔("Leoš Janáček" on britannica.com )〕 it has nonetheless been noted to contain a serious theme. 〔Rupert Christiansen, ("''The Cunning Little Vixen'', Glyndebourne, review" ), ''The Telegraph'' (London), 12 May 2012〕 Interpretations of the work, however, remain more varied, ranging from children's entertainment to a tragedy.〔Zemanová 2002〕 ;''Difficulty with the name of the opera'' ''Příhody'' = Tales (or Adventures) ''lišky'' = of Vixen (i.e. genitive case, one fox, female) ''Bystroušky'' = Sharp-Ears (double meaning: pointed (), clever, sly) There is no mention in the Czech of a diminutive ("little"), although this idea is included in both the German ''(Das schlaue Füchslein)'' and recent (since 1980s) English versions of the opera's name. It was probably the German name, used for the 1965 Felsenstein movie, that established the English "cunning little," ignoring the important double meaning in "Sharp-Ears." The first three audio recordings, all from the Czech company Supraphon (Neumann 1957, Gregor 1972, Neumann 1980) used, naturally, the original Czech name. Then Decca recorded the opera with the Vienna Philharmonic in 1981, and this widely circulated release made ''The Cunning Little Vixen'' the international, if inaccurate, standard. ==Composition history== When Janáček discovered Těsnohlídek's comic-strip-inspired story and decided to turn it into an opera, he began work by meeting with the author and beginning a study of animals. With this understanding of the characters involved, his own 70 years of life experience, and an undying, unrequited love for the much younger, married Kamila Stösslová, he began work on the opera. Writing his own libretto, he transformed himself into the forester, and Kamila into the vixen and Terynka. He also transformed the originally comedic cartoon into a philosophical reflection on the cycle of life and death by including the death of the vixen. As with other operas by older composers, this late opera shows a deep understanding of life leading to a return to simplicity. It was given its premiere performance on 6 November 1924 in Brno conducted by František Neumann, with Ota Zítek as director and Eduard Milén as stage designer. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Cunning Little Vixen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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