Irish National Opera’s true tale of a sex-mad duchess has been deemed suitable only for over-16s, writes Cathy Desmond

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.

With Jewish roots in Dublin, and having recently signed up for Irish citizenship, celebrated baritone Simon Keenlyside is looking forward to performing for the first time here, writes Cathy Desmond

Gerald Barry’s operatic take on Lewis Carroll’s classic Alice tale is about to get its Irish premiere, writes Cathy Desmond