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Renard 1962

August - 3, 1962

A moralizing, burlesque farmyard fairy tale…

…of a devious fox who deceives a number of other animals.

(presented on a triple-bill with Mavra and Le Rossignol)

Music and Text By
Igor Stravinsky
English Version By
Rollo H. Myers

Synopsis

A Burlesque in Song and Dance

The action is danced out onstage, while singers tell the story from the orchestra pit. In two parallel scenes, the same episode is repeated: the Fox manages to fool the Cock, but the Cock is rescued by the Cat and the Goat. They celebrate their triumph, and at the end the Fox is killed.

Artists

Ron Sequoio

Choreographer

The Fox

Vincent Warren

Dancer

The Rooster

Lawrence Eddington

Dancer

The Cat

Howard Sayette

Dancer

The Goat

Stanley Kolk

Tenor

First Tenor

John McCollum

Tenor

Second Tenor

William Murphy

Baritone

First Bass

Donald Gramm

Bass-baritone

Second Bass

Robert Craft

Conductor

Thomas Andrew

Director/ Choreographer

Henry Heymann

Designer

Scenery & Costumes

Louise Guthman

Lighting Designer