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Todd: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

7/3/2015, 22 Tracks, 1:08:41

Featuring

  • Matthew Waldren
  • Fflur Wyn
  • Victoria Simmonds
  • Robert Burt
  • Rosie Middleton
  • Rosanne Havel
  • Maud Millar
  • Edward Hughes
  • Henry Grant Kerswell
  • James Cleverton
  • Stephanie Bodsworth
  • Magid El-Bushra
  • John Lofthouse
  • Keel Watson
  • Will Todd

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Compositional Technique

Will Todd's score for "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" incorporates jazz, blues, and swing elements to create a musically varied and characterful sound.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Will Todd, a self-taught pianist, has a diverse output including opera, musical theatre, orchestral pieces, jazz works, and choral music, with his "Mass in Blue" performed globally.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

Composer Will Todd aimed to create a musical character for Alice, the only 'human' in the story, starting with her song "I flew high in my dreams."

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

The opera features a 'Victorian Quartet' of argumentative characters who react to the action and guide the audience to different locations during outdoor performances.

Source: Booklet

Notable Performances

Will Todd and Maggie Gottlieb's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" premiered to critical acclaim in 2013 and is entering its third season of performances in Holland Park in 2015.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Will Todd and Maggie Gottlieb's opera, "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland," was commissioned by Opera Holland Park in 2012.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

The musical texture and scoring were chosen to suit outdoor performances on a lawn in Holland Park, requiring a mobile band that wouldn't drown out the singers.

Source: Booklet

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