Gillian Knight to her end, like all the best Carmens, with an almost heroic insolence." The role brought her to international attention, and she performed it opposite Plácido Domingo. She also performed at Covent Garden in "Arabella"; "The Bartered Bride"; "The Cunning Little Vixen"; "Eugene Onegin"; "Falstaff"; "The Fiery Angel"; "The Golden Cockerel"; "Iphigénie en Tauride"; "Jenůfa"; "Die Meistersinger"; "Rigoletto"; the "Ring" cycle; "Der Rosenkavalier"; "Semele"; "La traviata"; "Il trovatore"; "Otello"; and "Wozzeck". Among modern operas at Covent Garden, Knight appeared in Peter Maxwell Davies's "Taverner"; Hans Werner Henze's "We Come to the River"; Nicholas Maw's "Sophie's Choice"; Michael Tippett's "King Priam";
The Little Fox family's den and, upon his return, learns from his uncle Karak that his entire family has been shot and killed by a human hunter. Karak then offers for Vic to stay with him, and Karak continues to raise him. As Vic grows older, he develops much cunning and cleverness. Now a young adult fox, he finds a vixen, named Foxy, held captive in a cage on a human farm. He tricks the guard dogs and other animals, as well as the hunter himself, and eventually helps the vixen escape. Foxy joins Vic and Karak in the woods, but Vic's uncle