Alice in Wonderland is getting an operatic Irish retelling
FOLLOWING its premiere in Los Angeles in 2011, Gerald Barry’s opera The Importance of Being Earnest was hailed as a masterpiece. Barry’s wildly inventive and idiosyncratic setting of Wilde’s classic play looks set to achieve that rare distinction — a modern opera that will become part of the standard repertoire.
The operatic world waited with anticipation to see what Barry would do next. They didn’t have to wait too long. While in Birmingham for a performance of Earnest in 2012, the composer suddenly realised what his next project would be.
