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A moment of carelessness leads a young vixen to be captured. She grows up on a forester's farm, surrounded by pestering children, a misunderstood dachshund, and a flock of chickens whose eagerness to serve only further encourages the vixen to give in to her hunting instinct. After escaping to freedom, she encounters a fox, with whom she starts a family—not without some forest dwellers commenting indignantly on the young couple's courtship. But in the forest, not only fox and badger, but sometimes also forester and schoolmaster say "good night" to each other when they meet on their way back from the pub. And when the paths of humans and animals cross, the animals often come out on the short end...

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The clever little fox

Staatstheater Mainz

A moment of carelessness leads to a young fox being captured. She grows up on a forester's farm, surrounded by forester's children who tease her, a dachshund who feels misunderstood, and a flock of chickens whose eagerness to serve only encourages the fox to give in to her hunting instinct. After escaping to freedom, she meets a fox with whom she starts a family - not without some forest dwellers commenting indignantly on the young couple's courtship. But in the forest, it's not just foxes and badgers who say "good night" to each other, but sometimes foresters and schoolmasters too, when they meet on the way back from the pub. And when the paths of humans and animals cross, the animals often come off worse...

The Cunning Little Vixen

Engelbert Humperdinck was actually only supposed to set to music a few passages from the fairytale play Hansel and Gretel , which his sister Adelheid Wette had written for a family performance. However, on the enthusiastic advice of his relatives, the small project developed first into a singspiel and finally into a full-length opera about the story of the siblings Hansel and Gretel. Growing up in poverty, their mother sends them into the forest to pick berries out of necessity. There they meet not only the Sand Men and the Dew Men, but also the witch who has sent shivers down the spines of countless children.

Costume Designer, Director

Erik Raskopf

Events

Upcoming events

26 - 30 Dec, 2025

Hansel and Gretel · Staatstheater Mainz

Past events

Oct 11 - Nov 29, 2025

The clever little fox · Staatstheater Mainz

Jun 28 - Jul 3, 2025

The Cunning Little Vixen · Staatstheater Mainz

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