Alice in Wonderland (opera)

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Alice in Wonderland is a 2007 operatic adaptation of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll. It is the first opera of Korean composer Unsuk Chin, who co-wrote the English libretto with the pre-eminent Asian-American playwright David Henry Hwang. It had its world premiere on July 7 2007 at the Bavarian State Opera as the opening act of the 2007 Munich Opera Festival. It was conducted by Kent Nagano and featured Sally Matthews in the title role and Dame Gwyneth Jones as the Queen of Hearts.

The production aforementioned was selected as the "World Premiere of the Year" by the German opera magazine, "Opernwelt". A DVD recording of the production has been released by Euroarts.

v • d • e The works of David Henry Hwang

Full-length plays	FOB (1980) · Family Devotions (1981) · Rich Relations (1986) · M. Butterfly (1988) · Face Value (1993) · Golden Child (1996) · Peer Gynt (1998, with Stephan Muller; from Henrik Ibsen) · Tibet Through the Red Box (2004, from Sis) · Yellow Face (2007)

Short plays	The Dance and the Railroad (1981) · The House of Sleeping Beauties (1983, from Kawabata) · The Sound of a Voice (1983) · As the Crow Flies (1986) · Bondage (1992) · Trying to Find Chinatown (1996) · Bang Kok (1996) · Merchandising (1999) · Jade Flowerpots and Bound Feet (2001)

Film/television	Blind Alleys (1985, with Kimball) · M. Butterfly (1993) · Golden Gate (1994) · The Lost Empire (2001) · Possession (2002, with Jones and LaBute, from Byatt)

Music theatre	1000 Airplanes on the Roof (1988, with Glass and Sirlin) · The Voyage (1992, with Glass) · The Silver River (1997, with Sheng) · Aida (2000, with Woolverton & Falls, John and Rice, from Verdi) · Flower Drum Song (2001, with Rodgers and Hammerstein, from Fields, Hammerstein, and Lee) · Ainadamar (2003, with Golijov) · The Sound of a Voice (2004, with Glass) · Tarzan (2006, with Collins, from Burroughs) · Alice in Wonderland (2007, with Chin, from Carroll)