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    Handel, George Frideric

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    Alice's Adventures Under Ground by Gerald Barry;
Royal Opera House;
Covent Garden;
London, UK;

Alice - Claudia Boyle;     

  

Conductor -  Thomas Adès;
Music and Libretto - Gerald Barry;
Director - Antony McDonald;
Designer - Antony McDonald;
Lighting designer - Fabiana Piccoli;
Movement director - Lucy Burge;

Photo: © ROH photographer CLIVE BARDA;

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