Alice in Wonderland (opera)

Alice in Wonderland is a 2007 operatic adaptation of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll. It is the first opera of Korean composer Unsuk Chin, who co-wrote the English libretto with the Asian-American playwright David Henry Hwang. It had its world premiere on 30 June 2007 (the IRCAM indicates this date for the creation too - http://brahms.ircam.fr/works/work/33073/. Nevertheless, the jacket and notice of the DVD of the World Premiere - Unsuk Chin, Alice in Wonderland, video recording at the Nationaltheater München, DVD, produced by Unitel Classica, 2012 - indicates that the recording was made on the 27th of June) at the Bavarian State Opera as part of the 2007 Munich Opera Festival.^[1] Conducted by Kent Nagano and featuring Sally Matthews in the title role and Dame Gwyneth Jones as the Queen of Hearts, the production was hailed as "World Premiere of the Year" by the German opera magazine Opernwelt.^[2] A DVD was subsequently released by Euroarts.

Roles

Role	Voice type	Premiere cast, 30 June, 2007 Conductor: Kent Nagano
Alice	soprano	Sally Matthews
Cheshire Cat	soprano	Piia Komsi/Julia Rempe
Mad Hatter/Duck	baritone	Dietrich Henschel
White Rabbit	countertenor	Andrew Watts
Mouse/Pat/Cook/Dormouse/Invisible Man	tenor	Guy De Mey
Ugly Duchess	mezzo-soprano	Cynthia Jansen
Queen of Hearts	dramatic soprano	Gwyneth Jones
King of Hearts	bass	Steven Humes
Frog-Footman/Seven	bass	Rudiger Trebes
Caterpillar	solo bass clarinet	Stefan Schneider
Badger/March Hare	countertenor	Andrew Watts
Owl	mezzo-soprano	Cynthia Jansen
Two	mezzo-soprano	Cynthia Jansen
Old man #1	bass	Steven Humes
Eaglet	tenor	Christian Rieger
Old Man #2/Executioner	tenor	Christian Rieger
Fish-Footman/Five	tenor	Christian Rieger
Crab	bass	Steven Humes
Dodo	bass	Rudiger Trebes
Chorus of Baby Animals, Creatures, Royal Entourage, 12 Jurors, Children, and Royal Children

Scenes

Scene I – Dream I
Scene II – The Pool of Tears
Scene III – In the House of the White Rabbit
Interlude I – Advice from a Caterpillar
Scene IV – Pig and Pepper
Scene V – A Mad Tea Party
Scene VI – The Croquet Ground
Interlude II
Scene VII – The Trial or Who Stole the Tarts?
Finale – Dream II

References

↑ "Unsuk Chin's Alice in Wonderland: premiere in Munich" at Boosey & Hawkes
↑ Opernwelt 2007 Year Book

External links

"Looking-glass Opera" by Alex Ross, The New Yorker (30 July 2007)
Alice in Wonderland, Bavarian State Opera

Works by David Henry Hwang

Full-length plays	FOB (1980) Family Devotions (1981) Rich Relations (1986) M. Butterfly (1988) Face Value (1993) Golden Child (1996) Peer Gynt (1998, with Stephan Muller; from Ibsen) Tibet Through the Red Box (2004, from Sis) Yellow Face (2007) Chinglish (2011)

Short plays	The Dance and the Railroad (1981) The House of Sleeping Beauties (1983, from Kawabata) The Sound of a Voice (1983) As the Crow Flies (1986) Bondage (1992) Trying to Find Chinatown (1996) Bang Kok (1996) Merchandising (1999) Jade Flowerpots and Bound Feet (2001) The Great Helmsman (2007) A Very DNA Reunion (2010)

Film/television	Blind Alleys (1985, with Kimball) M. Butterfly (1993) Golden Gate (1994) The Lost Empire (2001) Possession (2002, with Jones and LaBute, from Byatt)

Music theatre	1000 Airplanes on the Roof (1988, with Glass and Sirlin) The Voyage (1992, with Glass) The Silver River (1997, with Sheng) Aida (2000, with Woolverton & Falls, John and Rice, from Verdi) Flower Drum Song (2001, with Rodgers and Hammerstein, from Fields, Hammerstein, and Lee) Ainadamar (2003, with Golijov) The Sound of a Voice (2003, with Glass) Tarzan (2006, with Collins, from Burroughs) Alice in Wonderland (2007, with Chin, from Carroll) The Fly (2008, with Shore)

Lewis Carroll's Alice

Characters

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland	Alice The White Rabbit The Mouse The Dodo The Duck The Lory Eaglet Pat Bill the Lizard Puppy The Caterpillar The Duchess The Cheshire Cat The March Hare The Hatter Tarrant Hightopp The Dormouse The Queen of Hearts The King of Hearts The Knave of Hearts The Gryphon The Mock Turtle

Through the Looking-Glass	Alice The Red Queen The White Queen The Red King The White King The White Knight Tweedledum and Tweedledee The Sheep Humpty Dumpty Haigha Hatta The Lion and the Unicorn Bandersnatch Jubjub Bird

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Adaptations

Poems	"All in the golden afternoon..." "How Doth the Little Crocodile" "The Mouse's Tale" "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Bat" "You Are Old, Father William" "'Tis the Voice of the Lobster" "Jabberwocky" "The Walrus and the Carpenter" "Haddocks' Eyes" "They told me you had been to her..." "The Mock Turtle's Song" "The Hunting of the Snark"

Sequels	A New Alice in the Old Wonderland (1895) New Adventures of Alice (1917) Alice of Wonderland in Paris (1966) Alice Through the Needle's Eye (1984) Automated Alice (1996) Wonderland Revisited and the Games Alice Played There (2009)

Retellings	Alice's Adventures in Wonderland retold in words of one syllable (1905) Alice in Verse: The Lost Rhymes of Wonderland (2010)

Parodies	The Westminster Alice (1902) Clara in Blunderland (1902) Lost in Blunderland (1903) John Bull's Adventures in the Fiscal Wonderland (1904) Alice in Blunderland: An Iridescent Dream (1904)

Imitations	Mopsa the Fairy (1869) Davy and the Goblin (1884) The Admiral's Caravan (1891) Gladys in Grammarland (1896) A New Wonderland (1898) Rollo in Emblemland (1902) Justnowland (1912) Alice in Orchestralia (1925)

Reimagining	Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This? (1966) Alice or the Last Escapade (1977) Adventures in Wonderland (1991) The Looking Glass Wars (2006) Alice (2009) Malice in Wonderland (2009) Alice in Wonderland (2010) Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)

Film	1903 1910 1915 1931 1933 1949 1951 1966 1972 1976 1982 1985 1987 1988 (Czechoslovak) 1988 (Australian) 1995 1999

Stage	Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (ballet) Alice in Wonderland (musical) Alice in Wonderland (opera) Peter and Alice (2013 play) Wonder.land (musical)

Television	Fushigi no Kuni no Alice Once Upon a Time Once Upon a Time in Wonderland

Literary	Alice in Murderland Alice in the Country of Hearts Miyuki-chan in Wonderland

Video games	Alice no Paint Adventure (1995) Alice in Wonderland (2000) American McGee's Alice (2000) Alice in Wonderland (2010) Alice: Madness Returns (2011) Kingdom Hearts

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