Classical review: Alice’s Adventures Under Ground, National Concert Hall, Dublin

Opening with the arrival of a flustered White Rabbit and ending with the murder of a Red Queen, Gerald Barry’s pick-and-mix of Lewis Carroll’s Alice books was a hysterical hour of operatic delirium.

Following premieres abroad, Alice’s Adventures Under Ground was given its Irish premiere in a concert performance at the National Concert Hall as part of the New Music Dublin festival.

Seven singers sang the multiple roles of Carroll’s surreal menagerie. Claudia Boyle in a sweet Alice blue frock made light work of the demanding vocal gymnastics of the title role.