Unsuk Chin: Alice in Wonderland 16 years old

A live recording of the premier of Korean composer Unsuk Chin's Alice in Wonderland opera at National Theater Munich in June 2007. It is a modern opera based on Lewis Carroll's fantasy novel of the same name. The amazing characters Alice meets are portrayed with a colorful combination of puppets and singer-actors.

Credits

Gwyneth Jones as Queen of Hearts

Cynthia Jansen as Owl / Ugly Duchess / Two

Piia Komsi as Cheshire Cat

Sally Matthews as Alice

Guy de Mey as Mouse / Pat / Cook / Dorhouse / Invisible Man

Andrew Watts as White Rabbit/Badger/March Hare

Unsuk Chin: Alice in Wonderland Cast

Name	Character
Gwyneth Jones She was 56, now 72 years old	as Queen of Hearts
Cynthia Jansen	as Owl / Ugly Duchess / Two
Piia Komsi She was 41, now 57 years old	as Cheshire Cat
Sally Matthews She was 32, now 49 years old	as Alice
Guy de Mey He was 52, now 69 years old	as Mouse / Pat / Cook / Dorhouse / Invisible Man
Andrew Watts He was 47, now 64 years old	as White Rabbit/Badger/March Hare
Rüdiger Trebes	as Dodo / Frog-Footman / Seven / Mock Turtle
Steven Humes	as Old Man / Eaglet / Fish-Footman / Five / Executioner
Stefan Schneider He was 46, now 62 years old	as Caterpillar
Dietrich Henschel He was 40, now 57 years old	as Duck / Mad Hatter
Julia Rempe	as Cheshire Cat

Unsuk Chin: Alice in Wonderland Crew

Name	Department
Lewis Carroll as Novel. He was 176 (65) years old when He died	Writing
David Henry Hwang as Writer. He was 50 (now 67) years old	Writing
Achim Freyer as Director. He was 74 (now 90) years old	Directing
Ellen Fellmann as Director. She was 40 (now 56) years old	Directing
Bernhard Fleischer as Producer. He was 57 (now 73) years old	Production
Unsuk Chin as Music. She was 46 (now 63) years old	Sound
Unsuk Chin as Writer. She was 46 (now 63) years old	Writing

Unsuk Chin: Alice in Wonderland (16 years)

Release day: Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Runtime: 123 minutes