Albert Herring

from Benjamin Britten


Albert Herring
Comic opera in three acts


Libretto

Eric Crozier
after Guy de Maupassant

Premiere

20 June 1947, Glyndebourne

Cast

ALBERT (tenor)
LADY BILLOWS (soprano)
MRS HERRING (mezzo-soprano)
FLORENCE PIKE (contralto)
VICAR (MR GEDGE) (baritone)
THE MAYOR (MR UPFOLD) (tenor)
MISS WORDSWORTH (soprano)
SUPERINTENDENT BUDD (bass)
SID (baritone)
NANCY (mezzo-soprano)
EMMIE (soprano)
CIS (soprano)
HARRY (treble)


Place

Loxford, an englisch town

Time

1900

Composer

Britten, Benjamin