Ο βραβευμένος Έλληνας χορευτής Στέφανος Δημουλάς (πρόσφατα στο εξώφυλλο του Attitude Magazine) συμμετέχει ως Πρωτοχορευτής στο ρόλο του ‘Dragonfly’ στην καινούρια παραγωγή της Εθνικής Όπερας της Ουαλίας «The Cunning Little Vixen» του Leoš Janáček, τον Οκτώβριο του 2019.

Η δημοφιλής όπερα θα εκτελεστεί από μεγάλα ονόματα στο χώρο της Όπερας, όπως ο Claudio Otelli, ο Aoife Miskelly, ο Peter Van Hulleon, σε Βρετανικό τουρνέ, ξεκινώντας  με πρόβες τον Αύγουστο. Ο Στέφανος Δημουλάς, πρώην υπότροφος της Βασιλικής Ακαδημίας Μπαλέτου της Σκωτίας με σπουδές στο Modern Ballet, γεννημένος στον Βόλο Μαγνησίας, έχει χορέψει για τη Βασιλική Όπερα του Λονδίνου, τα Εθνικά Μπαλέτα της Κορέας και της Σκωτίας, το Royal College of Music, το National Geographic των Ηνωμένων Πολιτειών και το BBC1. Συμμετείχε στην παγκόσμια περιοδεία του Μιούζικαλ Voices of the Amazon ενώ έχει συνεργαστεί με την Jennifer Hudson, την Candi Staton, τους Röyksopp, την Alicia Keys στα MTV EMA Awards και την Kate Moss.

Ακολουθεί αυτούσιο το Δελτίου Τύπου της Welsh National Opera:

The Cunning Little Vixen, Janáček | Sat 5 Oct 2019 – Thu 28 Nov 2019 | UK Tour

Inspired by a newspaper comic strip, WNO’s colourful production is charming, funny and profound in equal measure. It reunites Director, David Pountney with WNO Music Director, Tomáš Hanus who conducts Janáček’s blend of folk-like music and sophisticated orchestrations, gloriously evoking the vibrancy of nature. https://wno.org.uk/whats-on/the-cunning-little-vixen-janáček#overview One afternoon deep in the forest, the Forester stumbles across a young vixen, and takes her home as a pet for his family. But this playful creature has bigger plans and escapes to take on the world on her own terms. As her adventure unfolds, all the creatures of the forest come to life, in a tale that celebrates the circle of life.

Creatives

Director: David Poutney Associate Director: Elaine Tyler-Hall Conductor: Tomáš Hanus Choreographer: Stuart Hopps Staff Director: Sarah Crisp Lighting Designer: Nick Chelton Designer: Maria Bjørnson

Performers

Forester: Claudio Otelli Vixen: Aoife Miskelly Parson: Wojtek Gierlach Schoolmaster: Peter Van Hulle Fox: Lucia Cervoni Poacher (Harasta): David Stout

Janáček and Cunning Little Vixen

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. He 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 National Theatre Brno conducted by František Neumann, with Ota Zítek as director and Eduard Milén as stage designer.