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COMPOSER
AMY SCURRIA

Amy Scurria sitting at the piano, looking into the camera.

LIBRETTIST
ZANE CORRIHER

Librettist, Zane Corriher smiling, wearing a brown jacket and a black shirt

DRAMATURG & DIRECTOR
AMY HUTCHISON

Director, Amy Hutchison smiling with a blue shirt and a red, fabric backdrop

A.L.I.C.E.

AN OPERA FOR EVERYONE

Mostly black graphic with a neon blue. Alice and the White Rabbit in silhouette, about to walk through the rabbit hole.

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A.L.I.C.E. invites audiences down the rabbit hole to experience a spellbinding world of wonder, laughter, and what it means to be who you really are. Journey with Alice through soaring arias, mad duets, and outlandish ensembles as she encounters curious and confounding creatures.

 

Alice navigates two worlds that demand answers to the question: Who are you? - even as no word can fully name the self and the soul stretches beyond what language can contain. Alice’s answers to the question become a shifting acrostic as she seeks the “right answer”, finding ultimately that the answer has always been inside of her.

 

A.L.I.C.E. blurs the line between opera and musical theatre and incorporates world-wide musical influences. This brand new adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s beloved book will spellbind audiences with singing, dancing, acrobatics, and spectacle.

Audio selections from live performances at University of Utah, Mo. Robert Baldwin, conducting (*Queen's Aria, Mo. Oswaldo Machado, conducting)

Curious, I Observe (Alice)
Meg Steele and Utah Philharmonic

00:00 / 01:03

Who Are You? (Alice and Caterpillar)
Meg Steele, John Knight Allen, and Utah Philharmonic

00:00 / 00:49

Duchess Scene (Alice and Duchess)
Meg Steele, Sage Madsen, and Utah Philharmonic

00:00 / 00:29

Duchess Lullaby (Duchess)
Sage Madsen and Utah Philharmonic

00:00 / 00:41

Nonsense Trio (Alice, Mad Hatter, March Hare)
Meg Steele, Alex Harrelson, Matthew Tang, & Utah Phil

00:00 / 00:46

Lost and Alone (Alice)
Meg Steele and Utah Philharmonic

00:00 / 01:00

You're Not Ready (Cheshire Cat and Alice)
Mara Davis, Meg Steele, and Utah Philharmonic

00:00 / 01:13

Queen's Processional (Ensemble)
Opera at the U and Utah Philharmonic

00:00 / 01:41

Off With Your Head (Queen)
Karley Swallow and Utah Philharmonic

00:00 / 01:31

Keep Your Wits (King)
Porter Hiatt and Utah Philharmonic

00:00 / 01:19

The Trial (Mad Hatter)
Sam Plumb and Utah Philharmonic

00:00 / 00:34

characters

Alice

Sister & Duchess

White Rabbit

Caterpillar & King

Cheshire Cat

Mad Hatter

March Hare

Dormouse

Queen of Hearts

King of Hearts

Gryffon

Bill the Lizard

Cards / Jury

Flowers

soprano

1-2 mezzo soprano

tenor

1-2 bass baritone

mezzo soprano

tenor

baritone or countertenor

supernumerary

soprano

bass

baritone

supernumerary

SATB choir *min. 4 to a part

children's choir

An Opera in
Two Acts

~ 90 minutes
with intermission

instrumentation

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Chamber Orchestra

1,1,1,1; 1,0,0,0; timp, pno, strings

Full Orchestra

2,2,2,2; 4,2,2,1; timp; 3 perc; harp; strings

Electro-Acoustic Ensemble

accordion, electric guitar, keyboard, drumset

Flexible Instrumentation

Just ask!

AWARDS

2024 American Prize
2024 NOA Production Award

GRANTS

2024 Dee Endowment Grant
2024 NC Arts Council Artist Development Grant

PRESENTATIONS

2025 Opera America

2024 NOA
2024 SETC

Performances / Staged Workshops

Chicago Dramatists

June 14, 2025

We held a reading of our libretto at Chicago Dramatists, featuring moments from our opera with piano and voice. We look forward to further developing this opera.

Director, Amy Hutchison

Lawrence University

May 16, 2024

Scenes from A.L.I.C.E.

Music Director, Kristin Roach

Conductor, Ben Keating

Arts of the Albemarle

January 21 & 22, 2022

 

​Fully staged piano/vocal workshop 

Music Director, Jennifer Blades

Pianist, Stephanie Otto-Ørvik

Student Director, Christian Abbo

University of Utah Opera

April 12-13, 2024

​Three fully staged performances with full orchestra with their first sensory friendly performance.

​Director, Robert Breault

Opera at the U Vocal Students

Conductor, Robert Baldwin

Assistant Conductor, Oswaldo Machado

University of Utah Philharmonic

Costume Designer, Robin Farnsley-Becker

Red River Lyric Opera Festival

July 25 & 28, 2023

Two fully staged performances with chamber orchestra.

Producer, Darla Diltz and RRLO

Director, Grace Edgar

Conductor, Kristin Roach

Choreographer, ChristinaNoel Reaves

University of Nevada

December 6, 2024

Scenes from A.L.I.C.E.

Music Director, Darryl Cooper

Pianist, Maren Daynes

Student Director, Christian Abbo

Duke University

April 21, 2023

Scenes from A.L.I.C.E.

Director, David Heid

Pianist, Daniel Seyfried

Duke University Vocal Students

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