Fantastic Mr. Fox (opera)

Fantastic Mr. Fox
Opera by Tobias Picker
LibrettistDonald Sturrock
LanguageEnglish
Based onRoald Dahl's children's novel
Premiere
December 9, 1998 (1998-12-09)
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Los Angeles Opera

Fantastic Mr. Fox is an opera in three acts composed by Tobias Picker to a libretto by Donald Sturrock based on Roald Dahl's children's novel of the same name. It was premiered by Los Angeles Opera at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion on December 9, 1998.

In 2010, it was adapted into an abridged version with seven instrumentalists, and in 2011, a full-length version with the same reduced orchestration. In 2019, Fantastic Mr. Fox was recorded by the Boston Modern Orchestra Project and Odyssey Opera and released on Albany Records and was subsequently awarded the 2020 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Salazar, David. "Composer Profile: Tobias Picker, Dynamic American Composer". Opera Wire. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  2. ^ "Review". Gramophone. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
  3. ^ Madonna, Zoë (January 27, 2020). "Boston Modern Orchestra Project wins Grammy for 'Fantastic Mr. Fox' - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2020-11-12.