Unsuk Chin: Alice in Wonderland - Production & Contact Info

Unsuk Chin: Alice in Wonderland (2007)
TV Movie | 122 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Musical

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Unsuk Chin: Alice in Wonderland (2007)

TV Movie | 122 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Musical

When Korean composer Unsuk Chin's opera was first performed by the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, it caused a sensation among music critics worldwide. Based on Lewis Carroll's famous and fascinatingly enigmatic novel Alice in Wonderland, ...See moreWhen Korean composer Unsuk Chin's opera was first performed by the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, it caused a sensation among music critics worldwide. Based on Lewis Carroll's famous and fascinatingly enigmatic novel Alice in Wonderland, it is a seductive, enchanting, sensuous opera set to a modern, ear-pleasing score - a triumph of creative fantasy. Unsuk Chin was born in Seoul in 1961, studied with György Ligeti in Hamburg and now lives in Berlin. She has an acute ear for instrumentation, orchestral colours and rhythmic imagery. Her compositions are modern in language but lyrical in their communicative power. Kent Nagano, a long-time supporter of Chin's music, expertly conducted the Bavarian State Opera and a team of wonderful singer-actors including international stars like Dietrich Henschel and Gwyneth Jones. The opera about Alice's search for her identity - "her reality in the appearance of the world" - as director Achim Freyer put it, switches from delicacy to cuteness to grotesquery and back again. The rather conventional Alice starts following her dreams, meeting a white rabbit that guides her through a wonderland. Alice views it all with amazement and learns - finally returning to the real world, richer for the experience. The phenomenal fairy-tale settings and production were in the hands of Achim Freyer, who created a firework of colour and form. The marvellous costumes and puppets were created by Nina Weitzner, who was named "Costume Designer of the Year" by the German music magazine Opernwelt for her imaginative designs. And in a survey of the magazine's opera critics, Unsuk Chin's opera, which closed Kent Nagano's first season at the Bavarian State Opera, was hailed as the "World Première of the Year". This live recording of the premiere in the Nationaltheater in Munich in June 2007 provides a feast of audiovisual entertainment. See less

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16 cast members

Name	Known for
Sally Matthews Alice Alice See fewer	Le Nozze di Figaro (2012)
Pia Komsi Cheshire Cat Cheshire Cat See fewer	Unsuk Chin: Alice in Wonderland (2007)
Julia Rempe Cheshire Cat Cheshire Cat See fewer	Carmen (2006)
Dietrich Henschel Duck / Mad Hatter Duck / Mad Hatter See fewer	L'Orfeo, Favola in musica in un prologo e cinque atti (2009)
Andrew Watts White Rabbit / Badger / March Hare White Rabbit / Badger / March Hare See fewer	Orlando (1992)
Guy de Mey Mouse / Pat / Cook / Dormouse / Invisible Man Mouse / Pat / Cook / Dormouse / Invisible Man See fewer	William Christie et Les Arts Florissants, ou La passion du baroque (1994)
Cynthia Jansen Owl / Duchess / Two Owl / Duchess / Two See fewer	Norma (2006)
Gwyneth Jones Queen of Hearts Queen of Hearts See fewer	Quartet (2012)
Steven Humes Old Man / Crab / King of Hearts Old Man / Crab / King of Hearts See fewer	Roberto Devereux, Tragedia lirica in drei Akten (2005)
Christian Rieger Old Man / Eaglet / Fish-Footman / Five / Executioner Old Man / Eaglet / Fish-Footman / Five / Executioner See fewer	Hänsel und Gretel (2009)
Rüdiger Trebes Dodo / Frog-Footman / Seven Dodo / Frog-Footman / Seven See fewer	Unsuk Chin: Alice in Wonderland (2007)
Stefan Schneider Caterpillar Caterpillar See fewer	Pension Freiheit (2012)
Kinderchor der Bayerischen Staatsoper Kinderchor Kinderchor See fewer	Unsuk Chin: Alice in Wonderland (2007)
Kent Nagano Self - Dirigent Self - Dirigent See fewer	Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)
Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper Chor Chor See fewer	The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter (1990)
Die Statisterie der Bayerischen Staatsoper Chor (as Statisterie der Bayerischen Staatsoper) Chor (as Statisterie der Bayerischen Staatsoper) See fewer	Norma (2006)

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