Picker: Fantastic Mr. Fox

At-a-Glance

December 7, 2014 at 3pm
NEC’s Jordan Hall

By Tobias Picker. Libretto by Donald Sturrock based on the classic story by Roald Dahl.

A concert performance conducted by Gil Rose co-produced with Boston Modern Orchestra Project

A pre-concert conversation with Tobias Picker begins at 2:00pm.

An enchanting modern fable, Fantastic Mr. Fox pits good vs. evil, animal vs. human, nature vs. technology. Mr. Fox will stop at nothing to keep his family safe. But after he has stolen one hen too many, the meanest farmers anywhere conspire to rid themselves of the Foxes. With the help of woodland friends they evade capture, leaving their enemies lying in wait as they help themselves to the farmers’ crops. Having had revenge, the animals return for a sumptuous feast far from danger in the Foxes’ new home, while the frustrated farmers continue to wait in the rain.

Cast
John Brancy … Mr. Fox
Krista River … Mrs. Fox
Andrew Craig Brown … Farmer Boggis
Edwin Vega … Farmer Bunce
Gabriel Preisser … Farmer Bean
Elizabeth Futral … Miss Hedgehog
Tynan Davis … Rita the Rat
Theo Lebow … Mr. Porcupine
Andrey Nemzer … Agnes the Digger
Gail Novak Mosites … Mavis the Tractor
John Dooley … Badger
Jonathan Blalock … Mole

Boston Children’s Chorus
Anthony Trecek-King, Artistic Director

Odyssey Opera Orchestra
Gil Rose, Conductor