Alice au pays des merveilles

Presentation Synopsis A burrow, a fall, and the world turns upside down. With Alice in Wonderland, Unsuk Chin composes an opera of teeming inventiveness, where the absurd and the marvelous echo our everyday concerns. About the show Very faithful to Lewis Carroll's famous novel, the Korean composer has simply allowed herself to open her adaptation in an airport where Alice, a child lost in adulthood, crosses paths with her childish double in the endless corridors. Beneath the apparent fantasy lies a deeper disturbance: the passage from childhood to adulthood, where landmarks waver and language slips away. Twenty years after its premiere, Opéra Nice Côte d'Azur invites us to discover this major work of the 21st century in a French version created for the occasion by Antoine Gindt, who also directs. Led by the marvellous Raquel Camarinha as Alice and conducted by Léo Warynski, this production takes us on a dizzying journey. Cast New production Production Opéra Nice Côte d'Azur Opera in one act by Unsuk Chin, libretto by Unsuk Chin and David Henry Hwang, French version by Antoine Gindt Premiere June 30, 2007 at Bayerische Staatsoper Munich Musical Direction Léo Warynski Stage direction & libretto Antoine Gindt Sets & props Elise Capdenat and Pia de Compiègne Costumes Fanny Brouste Lighting Daniel Levy Artistic collaboration & dramaturgy Elodie Brémaud Alice Raquel Camarinha White Rabbit Léopold Gilloots-Laforge Duchess Pauline Descamps Mouse | Invisible man Vincent Ordonneau Mars Hare Gabriel Jublin Chester Cat Jenny Daviet Mad Hatter To come Queen of Hearts Jeanne Crousaud King of hearts Julien Ségol Pat | Loir | Valet poisson Thomas Morris Executioner | Chess Player | Toad Valet Thil Mantero Nice Philharmonic Orchestra Nice Opera Choir Opéra de Nice Children's Choir --- IN RESONANCE --- Meeting with Léo Warynski and Antoine Gindt Foyer Montserrat Caballé de l'Opéra - Monday March 8 - 6pm