The Royal Opera - Alice's Adventures Under Ground Reviews
29 March 2024
Clare Presland (Red Queen / Queen of Hearts), Claudia Boyle (Alice), Hilary Summers (White Queen / Dormouse)
General scene
Mark Stone (White Knight / Cheshire Cat)
Ensemble
Sam Furness (White King)

Performance reviews

Key Photo gallery Production details Video link
Alice's Adventures Under Ground

The Royal Opera


No. of reviews: 15

Alice’s Adventures Underground is wonderfully framed
14 Feb 20 / A Younger Theatre
In the pit, honours go to conductor Thomas Adès and The Royal Opera’s Orchestra
11 Feb 20 / Classical Source
For an hour’s giddy, family-friendly entertainment, it’s bliss
11 Feb 20 / The Critics' Circle
Gerald Barry brilliantly makes Lewis Carroll his own
10 Feb 20 / The Observer
Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass as an opera is glorious
9 Feb 20 / Express
An unconventional rollercoaster ride of frenetic energy, madcap humour and increasingly unlikely classical music
9 Feb 20 / The Reviews Hub
Even crazier than the books
8 Feb 20 / Bachtrack
Gerald Barry’s kaleidoscopic Alice’s Adventures pushes musical boundaries at Covent Garden
7 Feb 20 / Seen and Heard
This bold, accessible and entertaining production will delight anyone who heeds the call to follow the White Rabbit
6 Feb 20 / Broadway World
A fine cast sent on a cacophonous helter-skelter ride to nowhere
6 Feb 20 / Telegraph
Alice's Adventures Underground is opera for the entire family
6 Feb 20 / Londonist
Deserves to become a modern classic
6 Feb 20 / The Stage
Just under an hour’s worth of unrelenting, unbridled madness
6 Feb 20 / The Upcoming
Brilliant in every surreal detail
6 Feb 20 / The Guardian
Alice aux pays des merveilles revisitée au Royal Opera House
6 Feb 20 / Olyrix
Production details
Cast
France/Boyle, Cook/Presland, Wilson/Summers, Spence/Furness, Murray/Tantsits, Richardson/Stone, Ewing/Bloom
(c) Adès/Downie Dear (d) McDonald
Performance dates
3(m), 4, 6, 8(m), 9(m) February 2020
Trending reviews
1.
Erwartung

Teatro Real, Madrid

2.
La Gioconda

Salzburg Easter Festival

3.
La Gioconda

Salzburg Easter Festival

4.
West Side Story

Opera Australia

5.
La Gioconda

Salzburg Easter Festival