Overview

• The Gran Teatre del Liceu launched its 2025–26 season with Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen in Barrie Kosky’s 2022 Munich-conceived production.
• The staging replaces literal animals with human portrayals in vivid colors against black-clad humans, leaning into a theatrical cabaret tone and contemporary ecological resonances.
• Music director Josep Pons led the orchestra, with standout turns from Elena Tsallagova as the Vixen, Paula Murrihy as the Fox, and Peter Mattei as the Forester.
• The evening opened with a peace appeal as principal cellist Òscar Alabau played Cant dels ocells while a Pau Casals quotation was projected.
• Critics reported warm but restrained ovations and noted balance issues and ambivalence in the hall during an otherwise high-profile red-carpet gala with notable political absences.