Soprano Lisa Saffer plays the eponymous heroine (so to speak), Vixen Sharp-Ears, with mezzo Fiona Murphy as her mate, Fox Golden-Stripe, baritone Hector Všsquez as the Forester, bass Bradley Garvin as the Parson, and a whole flock of singers as animals and country folk.
Leslie Halla directs Chas Rader-Shieber's production from Lyric Opera of Chicago, with brightly colored sets and costumes designed by David Zinn. On the podium is company music director Patrick Summers, conducting the Houston Grand Opera Orchestra, Chorus and Children's Chorus.
Houston Grand Opera's The Cunning Little Vixen receives three more performances at the Wortham Theater Center in downtown Houston: tomorrow, May 11 and May 12 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets and information are available at www.houstongrandopera.org.
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All photos by Andrew Cloud for Houston Grand Opera.