and What Alice Found There
An opera for children In 12 scenes, a prologue and an epilogue.
Music by Wilfred Josephs Libretto by THE COMPOSER based on the book Through the Looking-Glass, by LEWIS CARROLL. LEEDS YOUTH OPERA GROUP LEODIAN ENSEMBLE conducted by MICHAEL GRADY
Narrator Richard Bebb
' It takes all the running you can do to keep In the same place ...
The Red Queen's remark often seems very true of life nowadays: the imaginary-real world of Lewis Carroll is the setting of Wilfred Josephs' opera for children. It had its first performance last year at the Harrogate Festival. Here, as then, it is performed by the children and young people of the Leeds Opera Group.
Producer GORDON STEWART