avant-garde opera 2002.05.07 CD Anti 86632 Dawn Harms: Stroh violin Matt Brubeck: cello Larry Taylor: upright bass Bebe Risenfors: Stroh violin, viola, bass clarinet, marimba, clarinet Carla Kihlstedt: violin Colin Stetson: alto, tenor and bariton saxophone and clarinet Ara Anderson: trumpet and baritone horn Nic Phelps: French horn, trumpet Stewart Copeland: drums (Table Top Joe) Bent Clausen: piano solo (Table Top Joe) Tom Waits: piano, pump organ, Mellotron, Chamberlain vibes Originally performed as an avant-garde opera directed by Robert Wilson for Hamburg's Thalia Theater in winter 1992, "Alice" is loosely based on Lewis Carroll's purported obsession with young Alice Liddell, the girl who inspired his "Alice in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass." - from an Anti Records press release