Responding to the ever-increasing popularity and international performances of operas by the Czech composer Leo? Janácek, this volume, the first in the Janácek Opera Libretti Series, is the full translation of The Cunning Little Vixen in English alongside the original Czech. This work meets the needs of English-speaking singers, conductors, coaches, and stage directors and conveniently provides idiomatic and word-for-word translations, including translations of stage and musical directions. In addition, the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is used to indicate Czech pronunciation, following the clearly-presented method given in the author's book Singing in Czech: A Guide to Czech Lyric Diction and Vocal Repertoire, with a foreword by Sir Charles Mackerras. Cheek also provides practical notes about Janácek's style, both in general terms and specific issues relating to this opera along with a plot summary with translations and vocal ranges of characters and the pronunciation of their names. This entire volume is organized in a clear, readable format, resulting in a book that will help to make productions of The Cunning Little Vixen in the original Czech much easier a task than ever before.

Timothy Cheek is Professor of Music at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance. A leading expert on Czech vocal music, he is the author of Singing in Czech (2001/2014), The Janácek Opera Libretti, volumes I (2003), II (2004) and III (2016), The Bartered Bride/Prodaná nevesta (2010), and Rusalka (2012), published by Scarecrow Press and Rowman & Littlefield. Cheek is also the Series Editor of Rowman & Littlefield's Lyric Diction series and is the co-author, along with Anna Toccafondi, of Perfect Italian Diction for Singers: An Authoritative Guide (2022), published by Rowman & Littlefield.