Barbican, London - Alice in Wonderland Reviews | 19 March 2024 |
Performance reviews
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Alice in WonderlandBarbican, LondonNo. 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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