Thank you Royal Opera!
Possibly to make up for the now lost Unsuk Chin Looking-Glass, Royal Opera will instead present the first staged non concert premiere of Gerald Barry's Alice's adventures Underground. This will be in February, and will run for only 9 performances (!)
Fun, furious, frantic, and utterly fantastic! The surreal world of Lewis Carroll’s Alice, both in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, is given an extra twist in Gerald Barry’s operatic treatment. Antony McDonald (of 2018/19’s Hansel and Gretel) directs and designs this new production – the first ever staging of this musically virtuoso opera – with more than a touch of the Victorian toy theatre. The Red Queen, the White Rabbit, the Mad Hatter: meet a kaleidoscope of colourful characters in this joyful, headlong rush into a world gone deliciously mad.
Last year I reviewed the concert radio broadcast, but this will be a whole production!
Adapting both Wonderland and Looking-Glass, Barry's opera flits wildly from one event to the next, making it one of the most dreamlike Alice adaptations out there!
This new production is with INO (Irish National opera) who have broadcast links with RTE (Irish TV) Hmmm....
