The Royal Opera - Alice's Adventures Under Ground Reviews | 29 March 2024 |
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Alice's Adventures Under GroundThe Royal OperaNo. 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
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