Jon Johanning, with an array of quotes:

>Aaron Rabushka wrote:
>
>>James Zehm wrote
>>
>>>I wonder why nobody ever wrote an opera on "Alice in the Underworld".
>>
>>Remember that Alice goes behind the looking glass and not into Hades.
>
>Also remember that David Del Tredici has covered the Alice territory quite
>thoroughly.

Didn't Herbert Baumann write an 'Alice in Wonderland' opera?

Bob K.