FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY OPERA PRESENTS
PRIHODY LISKY BYSTROUSKY
(THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN)
MUSIC & LIBRETTO BY LEOŠ JANÁČEK | ADAPTED FROM THE NOVELLA BY RUDOLF TĚSNOHLÍDEK
APRIL 4, 5, & 6 AT 7:30PM | APRIL 7, 2024 AT 3:00PM
Opperman Music Hall
Dean’s Message
Dear Friends,
Thank you for joining us for the 23 - 24 Opera season. For our spring semester offering we are bringing the Czech language to the stage with this charming opera that depicts the circle of life through the relationship between humanity and the natural world.
As we begin to say farewell to retiring faculty Stage Director, Matthew Lata, we have a number of returning designers who have brought their art to the stage once again. Peter Harrison, whose last works were Transformations and Der Vampyr, returns as scenic designer. Mikaela Baird returns after A Streetcar Named Desire as our lighting and projection designer. Costume designer Christina Marullo along with wig & makeup designer Joel Schaeffer create masterful animal/human hybrids for this unique production. Alum Cody Martin, who has enjoyed success as the Music Director at Pensacola Opera, conducts the University Symphony Orchestra, and Ben Howard with the FSU Dance program, brings the final elements of this opera together along with the stage direction of Matthew Lata.
Opera has long held a special place of prominence at the College of Music and it serves as an ideal vehicle to showcase the talents of our musicians and the professional quality of our productions. If you are one of many in our community who has been a regular patron of opera at Florida State University, we welcome you back for this production in Opperman Music Hall. If you are new, we hope you enjoy your experience here with us tonight. We look forward to seeing you in May for Tom Cipullo’s Glory Denied. Thank you for your continued support of our programs and students.
Sincerely,
M. Todd Queen Dean
PRIHODY LISKY BYSTROUSKY
(THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN)
Music & Libretto by Leoš Janácek
Reduced version by Heinz Stolba on the basis of Jiri Zahrádka’s critical edition. Used by arrangement with European American Music Distributors Company, U.S. and Canadian agent for Universal Edition Vienna
Music Director ...........................................................................
Stage Director
Cody Martin
Matthew Lata
Choreographer ...........................................................................Ben Howard
Scenic Designer
Peter Harrison
Lighting & Projection Designer .....................................
Costume Designer.......................................................
Mikaela Baird
Christina Marullo
Wig and Make-up Designer ...........................................
Musical and Language Preparation ................
Joel Schaeffer
Bernard McDonald
Timothy Cheek
Elizabeth Avery
Production Stage Manager ...............................................Reed Worrell
Chorus Master ................................................................ Ramon Cardenas
Assistant Conductor ............................... Guilherme Leal Rodrigues
Assistant Director .....................................................................
Assistant Stage Managers ......................
Amy Helms
Gabriella Berrios Rosario
Elena Dibbs
FLORIDA STATE OPERA PRESENTS
Forester
Cole Bellamy *
André Chiang
Forester’s Wife/Owl
Mary Botter
Schoolmaster/Mosquito
Adam Henning *
Kelby Yoder
Parson/Badger
Derek Hale
Harašta
Samuel Shipps
Pásek, the innkeeper
Larry Gerber
Mrs. Pásková, the innkeeper’s wife
Katherine Ledbetter
Pepík
Madison Riley
Frantík
Brylee Ann Wicker
Cast
Vixen Bystrouška
Haley Burgh
Madison Roths *
Fox
Rebecca Gardner
Mary-Bradley Knighton *
Lapák, the dog
Leah Shewmaker
Rooster
Audra Weathers
Chocholka, the hen
Mariah Moran
Woodpecker
Anielya Wells-Miller
Jay
Claire Goodwin
Dancer Midges
Shea Boeker
Rebecca Cabezas
Bailey Carson
Gemma Leary
Dancer Dragonfly
Katherine Enoch
Ensemble
Talia Boudjemaa
Alissa D’Alton
Angellina Fedullo
Claire Goodwin
Michael Haves
Carter Houston
Ashley Lewis
Cecilia Malley
Adriana Maldonado
Elizabeth Robertson
Children’s Ensemble
Young Vixen Bystrouška
Naomi Asher
Cricket
Lilian Perez
Grasshopper
Clare Malley
Young Frog
Anthony Bonev
Fox Cubs
Naomi Asher
Anthony Bonev
Stephanie Bonev
Celia Collazo
Clare Malley
Lilian Perez
*indicates performing on 4/4 & 4/6
ACT I.
In a Moravian forest populated by insects, birds and animals, a Forester stops to rest on his way home and falls asleep. A young Vixen cautiously approaches the clearing. Awakened by a Frog, the Forester sees the fox cub. He captures her and decides to take her home.
Time passes. The Vixen has grown up in the Forester’s house, where life is hard: the Forester’s Wife hates her, the Dog makes disgusting advances, and the children mistreat her. When the Vixen takes revenge on a child, the Forester’s Wife demands that she be tied up. Alone in the yard, the Vixen dreams. The Forester is strangely drawn into the vision, as he dreams of his past youthful love.
Reality returns at dawn. Horrified to witness the Hens’ submission to the desires of the male chauvinist Rooster, the Vixen tries to incite a revolution, but in vain. She fakes her own death, tricks the Rooster and kills him as well as most of the Hens. The Forester’s Wife attempts to shoot the Vixen, but she escapes.
The Vixen now looks for a home in the forest. Finding the Badger’s den to her taste, she insults him until he leaves. She takes up residence.
The Forester, the Priest, and the Schoolmaster meet at the inn. The Forester teases the Schoolmaster about his love life. The Schoolmaster responds with mocking references to the Vixen. The Priest inveighs against all women. When the Innkeeper raises the subject of the Vixen, the Forester storms off.
On the way home, the drunken Schoolmaster sees the Vixen, takes her to be Terynka, the woman he loves, and pours out his heart. The Priest arrives, and the sight of the Vixen evokes an unhappy love story from his youth. The Forester arrives, still in pursuit of the Vixen. Spotting her, he fires his gun, but she again escapes. The Vixen meets a Fox: they fall in love and spend the night together. The following morning, the Vixen is shocked to discover she is pregnant. The Fox takes her to the Woodpecker, who officiates their wedding ceremony. A celebration ensues.
ACT II.
The Poacher, out hunting, meets the Forester, who grows angry when he hears of the Poacher’s imminent marriage to Terynka. Discovering a dead rabbit, the Forester realizes the Vixen is nearby and prepares a trap. She, accompanied by her cubs, laughs at the foolish trick. Coming across the Vixen, the Poacher chases her and shoots her dead.
Synopsis
Back in the inn, the now widowed Forester and the Schoolmaster talk to the Innkeeper’s Wife about the Priest, who has moved to another parish. They also discuss Terynka, who will marry the Poacher wearing a new foxfur muff.
Leaving the inn, the Forester reflects on his life, his youth and his late wife. When he sees a fox cub resembling the young Vixen he once possessed, he wonders whether he should capture her and take her home. The animals reappear as the Forester falls asleep for the last time. The cycle of life continues.
Director’s Notes
Příhody lišky Bystroušky ( The Cunning Little Vixen ) is likely the only regularlyperformed opera based on a comic strip by the artist Rudolf Těsnohlídek. He tells the story of a group of animals with human characteristics as they interact with people and other creatures. It was serialized and illustrated in Leoš Janáček’s hometown paper in Brno, in the Czech province of Moravia in the early 1920s. Legend has it that Janáček heard his housekeeper laughing at it, asked why, and then followed her lighthearted suggestion that he turn it into an opera.
Janáček wrote his own libretto. While the title character is the Vixen, the through line revolves around the character of the Forester, whose obsession with the Vixen draws him away from his staid existence. It is significant that, even after the Vixen’s death in the middle of Act III, nature…and the Forester…must move on. In this, Janáček may have been inspired by his personal story, which combined a passionless marriage with a life-long love interest, never requited. While the opera has its comic moments, its themes also include the natural cycle of life and death, the passage of time, and the transient power of love, motherhood, and liberation. It is a collage of sounds and images ranging from comedy to heartbreak and, as such, is a mirror of real life.
Janáček’s profound love of nature inspired a brilliant and descriptive score rich in color and nuance. The soundscape includes bird calls, the naive voices of children, and themes representing nature, love, and obsession. It is a bittersweet ode to the idea that we must accept what we have even while longing for what we do not, all the while preparing for the inevitable end. There is a plot, but it is secondary to the establishment of feeling in each scene – each memory.
In the opera, humans are paired with animals who share their characteristics. Some of these are sung by the same person – the Mosquito with the Schoolmaster, the Badger with the Parson, the Owl with the Forester’s wife and, perhaps in a less direct way, the Vixen with the Forester. Animal avatars represent humans without their emotional baggage. For the Forester, the Vixen represents the freedom and newness of first love that, once gone, can never be regained. The others’ avatars contrast the animals’ existence, untroubled by self-awareness or overthinking, with the humans’ insistence on intellectualizing themselves out of happiness. While the Forester at first does not appear sympathetic, we learn with him to accept our fate. His final paean to nature is Janáček’s statement of his own philosophy and was performed at the composer’s funeral.
Our production represents a woodland that can morph as we require. Projections identify moods, seasons, and, occasionally, help with the characters’ backstories. Costumes balance the human and animal features, as many of the characters sometimes walk the line between these two worlds. Movement style also combines natural and artificial worlds.
While Vixen is often presented in translation, we opted to perform it in Czech. This has been an enormous challenge for our cast, and they have risen admirably to it. It is a real first for FSU Opera and an opportunity for our audience to experience this wonderful score as originally conceived. In the end the piece is optimistic. Nature will always have its way.
Thank You
2023-2024
Florence Helen Ashby
• Brian Causseaux and W. David Young
Malcolm Craig and Allys Palladino-Craig
Segundo J. Fernandez
• Richard Dusenbury and Kathi Jaschke
• Kirby W. and Margaret-Ray Kemper
Howard Kessler and Anne Van Meter
Debora Lee
• Linda and Bob Lovins
Bob Parker
• Susan S. Lampman
• Albert and Darlene Oosterhof
• David and Joanne Rasmussen
Jim and Betty Ann Rodgers
• Ken and J.R. Saginario
Donna Cay Tharpe
• David Reed
• Karen and Francis C. Skilling
• Tate and Jo Todd
University Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Jiménez, Music Director and Conductor
Violin I
Masa Arakawa ‡
Darrian Lee
Nicole Vega
Hope Welsh
Anna Kirkland
Violin II
Rosalee Walsh*
Maria Mendez
Joan Prokopowicz
Angel Andres
Barbara Santiago
Viola
Caroline Bruns*
Jeremy Hill
Joshua Singletary
Ahdi Horton
Cello
Mitchell George*
Emma Hoster
Katie Jo Gelasco
Bass
Alex Lunday*
Kent Rivera
Flute
Kaitlyn Calcagino*
Cameron McGill
Oboe
Luis Gallo*
Eli Barrios
Clarinet
Brad Pilcher*
Travis Irizarry
Bassoon
Carson Long*
Ryder Kaya
Horn
Tarre Nelson*
Jordan Perkins
Trumpet
Bob Kerr*
Easton Barham
Trombone
Justin Hamman*
Connor Altagen
Percussion
Jackson Kowalczyk
Will McCoy
Harp
Isabelle Scott
Celeste
Rachel Bennett
‡ Concertmaster
* Principal
Cast Bios
Cole Bellamy (Forester)
Hometown: Olathe, KS
Degree program: MM Voice Performance, 2nd year
Roles with FSU: Figaro ( Il barbiere di Siviglia ), Stanly Kowalski ( A Streetcar Named Desire ) Other Performances: Governor Bellingham ( The Scarlet Letter ) with Wichita State University Opera Theatre
Awards: 2023, 2022 Beaulieu Competition Winner
Mary Botter (Owl/Forester’s Wife)
Hometown: Jackson, TN
Degree program: MM Voice Performance, 1st year
Roles with FSU: Marcellina ( Le nozze di Figaro ), Ensemble ( Die Zauberflöte ), Hansel ( Hansel and Gretel Opera Outreach ’21), Ensemble ( Der Vampyr )
Awards: 2023 Beaulieu Competition Winner, NATS Semifinalist 2019, 2022
Haley Burgh (Vixen Bystrouška)
Hometown : Indianapolis, IN
Degree Program: MM Voice Performance 1st year
Other Performances: The Foreign Princess ( Rusalka ) with the Luke Housner Summer Opera Workshop, Featured Vocalist/Ensemble ( Symphony on the Prairie ) with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Amore ( L’incoronazione di Poppea ) with Chicago Summer Opera
André Chiang (Forester)
Hometown: Las Vegas, NV
Title: Assistant Professor of Voice/ Co-Coordinator of the Division of Vocal Studies at University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Other Performances: Guglielmo ( La Villi ) with Mobile Opera, Gianni Schicchi ( Gianni Schicchi ) with Opera Mississippi, Captain Smith ( A Capacity for Evil ) with Opera Las Vegas, Ford ( Falstaff ) with Portland Opera, Anthony Hope ( Sweeney Todd ) with Virginia Opera, Dandini ( La cenerentola ) and Masetto ( Don Giovanni ) with Dayton Opera
Rebecca Gardner (Fox)
Hometown: South Hero, VT
Degree Program: MM Voice Performance, 1st year
Roles with FSU: Eunice Hubbel ( A Streetcar Named Desire ), Cherubino ( Le nozze di Figaro ), Hansel ( Hansel and Gretel Opera Outreach), Ensemble ( Die Zauberflöte ) Awards: 2023 Beaulieu Competition Winner, Charleston International Contemporary Music Competition First Prize 2022
Larry Gerber (Pásek, the Innkeeper)
Hometown: Fowler, KS
Title: Coordinator of Voice and Opera and Voice Faculty, Ret.
Roles with FSU: Doctor ( A Streetcar Named Desire ), Leonato ( Béatrice et Bénédict ), Abraham Kaplan ( Street Scene ) with FSU Opera, Maurice ( Beauty and the Beast ), Father ( Ragtime ), Herr Schultz ( Cabaret ), Jim Haller ( All Shook Up ) at FSU School of Theater Awards: 5 teaching awards from FSU
Claire Goodwin (Jay)
Hometown: Clayton, NC
Degree Program: BM Voice Performance, Junior
Roles with FSU: Fall 22, spring 23, fall 23 Opera
Scenes Program with FSU Opera, Levana Other Roles: Ensemble ( Der Fliegende Holländer ) with Opera Maine, Guest Artist Recital FSMTAC Awards: 2023
Beaulieu competition Winner, FFMC Collegiate Voice Competition 1st Place Winner
Derek Hale (Badger/Parson)
Hometown: Wortham, TX
Degree Program: MM Voice Performance, 2nd year
Roles with FSU: Don Basilio ( Il barbiere di Siviglia ), Doctor Bartolo ( Le nozze di Figaro ) Other performances: Sir Thomas Bertram ( Mansfield Park ) with University of Texas Opera, Sarastro ( Die Zauberflöte ) with Franco-American Vocal Academy, Bartolo ( Le nozze di Figaro ) with Austrian American Mozart Academy
Adam Henning (Mosquito/Schoolmaster)
Hometown: Watertown, SD
Degree Program: MM Voice Performance 1st year
Roles with FSU: Count Almaviva ( Il barbiere di Siviglia ) Other performances: Pirate/Frederic cover ( The Pirates of Penzance ), Sancho Panza ( Man of La Mancha ), Dater ( Speed Dating Tonight! ) with Northern State University
Mary-Bradley Knighton (Fox)
Hometown: Mobile, AL
Degree Program: MM Voice Performance 1st year
Roles with FSU: Berta ( Il barbiere di Siviglia ) Other performances: Yum-Yum ( The Mikado ), Mabel ( Pirates of Penzance ) at University of South Alabama Opera Theater, Eliza Doolittle ( The Loathly Lady ), Musetta ( La bohème ) Awards: 2023 Beaulieu Competition Winner
Katherine Anne Ledbetter (Mrs. Pásková)
Hometown: High Point, NC
Degree Program: MM Voice Performance 1st year
Roles with FSU: Berta ( Il barbiere di Siviglia ) Other performances: Donna Elvira ( Don Giovanni ) with Lyric Opera Studio Weimar, Maddalena ( Linda di Chamounix ) with A.J. Fletcher Opera, Una cercatrice ( Suor Angelica ) Piedmont Opera
Mariah Moran (Chocholka)
Hometown: Miami, FL
Degree Program: BM Voice Performance, Junior
Roles with FSU: Fall 2022, spring 2023, fall 2023
Opera Scenes Program Other performances: Mermaid ( Rinaldo ) and Scene Program with Red River Lyric Opera Awards: 2023 Beaulieu Competition Winner, SERNATS 3rd Place Winner
Madison Riley (Pepík)
Hometown: Sebastian, FL
Degree Program: BM Voice Performance, Junior
Roles with FSU: Shepherdess/Ensemble ( Le nozze di Figaro ), Dater ( Speed Dating Tonight! ) with 2023 Opera Outreach, spring 2022 Opera Scenes Program, Levana Awards: 2023 Beaulieu Competition Winner, 2022 SERNATS 1st Place
Madison Roths (Vixen Bystrouška)
Hometown: Wichita, KS
Degree Program: MM Voice Performance, 1st year
Other performances: Ensemble ( The Scarlet Letter ), Sandrina ( La finta giardinera ), Laetitia ( The Old Maid and the Thief ) with Wichita State University, Ensemble ( Don Giovanni ) with Wichita Grand Opera Awards: 2023 Beaulieu Competition Winner
Leah Shewmaker (Lapák)
Hometown: Smithfield, VA
Other performances: Pirates of Penzance ) with James Madison University, Soloist with Opera Club of the Villages, 2021-2023 Awards: 2023 Beaulieu Competition Winner
Samuel Shipps (Harašta)
Hometown: Baltimore, MD
Degree Program: MM Voice Performance, 1st year
Roles with FSU: Don Basilio ( Il barbiere di Siviglia )
Other performances: Bartolo ( Le nozze di Figaro ) with Austrian/American Vocal Academy, Ensemble ( Carmen , Tales of Hoffmann ) University of Texas
Audra Weathers (Rooster)
Hometown: Gentry, AR
Degree Program: MM Voice Performance, 1st year
Roles with FSU: Flower Woman ( A Streetcar Named Desire ), Ensemble ( Le nozze di Figaro ) Other performances: Buttercup ( H.M.S. Pinafore ), Mrs. Brill ( Mary Poppins ) with College Light Opera Company
Anielya Wells-Miller (Woodpecker)
Hometown: Miramar, FL
Degree Program: MM Voice Performance, 1st year
Roles with FSU: Third Spirit ( Die Zauberflöte ), Ensemble ( Le nozze di Figaro ) Other performances: Una Novizia ( Suor Angelica ), Ensemble ( Don Giovanni ) with FIO Italia Awards: 2023 Beaulieu Competition Winner
Brylee Ann Wicker (Frantík)
Hometown: St. Charles, IL
Degree Program: MM Voice Performance, 1st year
Other performances: Vincent ( Pastiche Opera ), First Witch/Ensemble ( Dido and Aeneas ) with Rossevelt University Awards: 2023 Beaulieu Competition Winner, 2022 CS Music Competition Semifinalist
Kelby Yoder (The Notary)
Hometown: Cedar Rapids, IA
Degree Program: MM Voice Performance, 1st year
Roles with FSU: Notary ( Il barbiere di Siviglia ), 2024 FSU Opera Outreach Other performances: Tamino ( Die Zauberflöte ) with Berlin Opera Academy, Paolino ( Il matrimonio segreto ) with University of Iowa
THE OPERA STAFF
Dean, Executive Producer ...................................................... Todd M. Queen
Director of Opera Activities
Bernard McDonald
Stage Director/Director of Opera Workshop .................. Matthew Lata
Director of Orchestral Activities ............................... Alexander Jimènez
Orchestra Manager
Heather Simpson
Orchestra Stage Manager .......................................... Alejandro Bermudez
Librarian Guilherme Rodriguez
Rehearsal Accompanists...................................................... Rachel Bennett
Scenic Artists
Master Carpenter
Rebecca Edmiston
Ken Frederickson
Amanda Holton
Cameron Hanmer
Carpenters ......................................................................................... Scott Freese
Opperman Music Hall Support Staff
Ruby Diamond Support Staff
Ray Hattaway
Nick Smith
Cameron Downs
Ethan Bigelow
Russ Marsh
Michelle McDaniel
Eugene McGuinness
Mike Shapiro
Ruby Diamond Crew ......................................................... Wajira Amarakoon
Jordan Baker, David Bernstein, Ethan Bigelow
Amelia Cooper, Scott Freese, Ray Hattaway
Jace Jacobs, Bomine Jayasingh, Skylar Lombardo
Riley Murray, Roy Nishimoto-Rivera
Camille Pepper, Malinda Perera, Dante Souverain
Costume Shop Manager Julia Matteson Bradley
Assistant Shop Manager .................................................... Christina Marullo
Costume Shop Crew Chanti Max
Kaylee Sibelle, Meredith Sponsler, Colleen Towey
Wig & Makeup Crew ....................................................................... Liane Giroux
Front of House Manager
Evan Marty
Supertitle Operator .......................................................................... Jiaqiu Song
Production Manager
Caroline W. Bankey
Graphic Designer .................................................................................. Tyler Hast
Marketing Team
Director of Special Programs
Megan Mowery, Wendy Smith
Tyler Hast
Megan Mowery
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April 28, 2024
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