Alice’s Adventures Under Ground

Classification added April 19, 2022

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Premiered Concert premiere: November 22, 2016; Staged premiere: February 3, 2020

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Concert: Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA; Stage: Royal Opera House, London, England

Composer:

Gerald Barry

Original Language:

English, Russian, French, German

Librettist:

Gerald Barry after Lewis Carroll

Description:

Opera in 1 Act

Notes:

Based on Lewis Carroll’s 1865 book Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and the 1871 sequel Alice Through the Looking Glass. Schott Music Publishers, London, England. Full score LSL 10405

Time Period:

Victorian era

Place:

Wonderland

Classification key

L – Leading
F – Featured
S – Supporting
B – Solo Bit
CB – Chorus Bit
MB – Mute Bit

Role	Voice Part	Classification
Alice	Soprano	L

Red Queen / Queen of Hearts / Duchess / Mock Turtle / Passenger 1 / Oyster 1	Mezzo Soprano	L

Dormouse / White Queen / Tiger-Lily / Cook / Passenger 2 / Oyster 2	Contralto	L

White Rabbit / White King / Mad Hatter / Tweedledum / Frog Footman / Fawn / Bottle 1 / Cake 2 / Baby 1 / Passenger 3 / Daisy 1	Tenor 1	L

March Hare / Tweedledee / Guard / Fishfootman / Messenger / Bottle 2 / Cake 1 / Baby 2 / Passenger 4 / Daisy 2	Tenor 2	L

White Knight / Cheshire Cat / Soldier / Bottle 3 / Cake 3 / Baby 3 / Oyster 3 / Passenger 5 / Daisy 3	Baritone	L

Red Knight / Humpty Dumpty / Bottle 4 / King of Hearts / Cake 4 / Baby 4 / Oyster 4 / Passenger 6 / Daisy 4	Bass	L

Please be advised: Contact AGMA for classification if you are combining roles, and/or for classification of unassigned lines, and/or for classification of any combination of Chorus and Solo bits from what has been performed previously.

Minimum Chorus: No chorus