Barbican, London - Alice in Wonderland Reviews
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Alice in Wonderland

Barbican, London


No. of reviews: 11

Unsuk Chin’s Alice is lost in music
16 Mar 15 / The Observer
Too much miaowing
13 Mar 15 / The Spectator
Baldur Brönniman’s unflappable, eagle-eyed conducting was boundless
11 Mar 15 / Classical Source
You have to be in the right mood to enjoy this piece
11 Mar 15 / Opera Britannia
Unsuk Chin’s score is dazzling
10 Mar 15 / Evening Standard
An opera 'Alice' in London, worthy of the book's 150th
10 Mar 15 / Reuters
The Korean composer's trippy adaptation of Lewis Carroll's classic is a loud and garish nightmare
10 Mar 15 / Telegraph
Netia Jones’s ingenious staging can’t disguise dramatic flaws
10 Mar 15 / The Guardian
Zany, anarchic and subversive, and also hilariously funny
10 Mar 15 / Opera Today
The magic of Lewis Carroll’s book is lost in a slow-moving opera
10 Mar 15 / Financial Times
Unsuk Chin brings an inexhaustible array of orchestral tricks out of her hat
9 Mar 15 / Independent
Production details
Cast
Gilmore, Arnet, Henschel, Watts, Benter, Bank, Henschel, Richardson
(c) Brönnimann (d) Jones
Performance dates
8 March 2015
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