The second opera in the season is the English-language The Cunning Little Vixen by Leos Janacek.

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He turned a serial comic strip from a local newspaper into The Cunning Little Vixen, one of Janacek's most touching and inventive operas.

NPR: Janacek's 'The Cunning Little Vixen'

But when it comes to unorthodox subject matter, Janacek may have outdone even himself with The Cunning Little Vixen, basing it on what was essentially a comic strip.

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On World of Opera, Lisa Simeone presents Janacek's The Cunning Little Vixen in a production from the Maggio Musicale in Florence, led by conductor Seiji Ozawa.

NPR: Quirk of Nature: Janacek's 'Cunning Little Vixen'

On World of Opera, host Lisa Simeone presents a production of The Cunning Little Vixen from Houston Grand Opera, sung in English and starring Lisa Saffer in the sharp-eared, title role.

NPR: Janacek's 'The Cunning Little Vixen'