A new ballet based on Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass will premiere at the Hamburg State Opera on June 20, 2026.
The production, titled Wonderland, is choreographed by Alexei Ratmansky and created for the Hamburg Ballet, with music performed by the Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg. The stage design is by Sebastian Hannak, costumes by David Szauder, and dramaturgy by Vivien Arnold.
Carroll’s two books, published in the 19th century, remain a recurring source for reinterpretations across different artistic forms. The characters of Wonderland, the White Rabbit, the Cheshire Cat, the Caterpillar, Tweedledum and Tweedledee, the March Hare, the Hatter, and the Queen of Hearts, continue to circulate as cultural figures far beyond the original texts.
This new ballet revisits Alice’s journey through a world governed by its own logic, a place that has often been read as dream, parallel reality, or exploration of the unconscious.
Premiere: June 20, 2026
Hamburg State Opera
Hamburg Ballet
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