Artist

Admin

Conductor

Markus Lehtinen

Stage director

Victoria Newlyn

Set designer

Sampo Pyhälä

Costume designer

Taina Relander

Lighting designer

Eero Erkamo

Chloé Dufresne

Singer

Bass

Janne Sihvo

Superintendent Budd

Mezzo-soprano

Ruut Mattila

Nancy

Olivia Kyllönen

Mrs Herring

Tenor

Tuomas Miettola

Albert Herring

Jasper Leppänen

Akseli Ferrand

Mr Upfold

Baritone

Veikko Valinoja

Mr Gedge

Soprano

Iris Candelaria

Miss Wordsworth

Stella Tähtinen

Maria Turunen

Lady Billows

Manon Gleizes

Luke Terence Scott

Sibelius Academy Opera

Orchestra

Sibelius Academy Orchestra

English

Helsinki

Finland

Helsinki Music Centre

Albert Herring: Albert Herring

Public

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Swedish

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On one day in the spring, the committee gathers at Lady Billow’s to elect the May Queen, a pure maiden, for the upcoming summer celebration. However, none of the young women in the village have a reputation pure enough, and the committee suddenly ends up proposing the vegetable vendor’s son Albert, a somewhat simple boy, as the May Queen. Mama’s boy Albert has no choice but to reluctantly accept his assigned role.

Under the direction of Victoria Newlyn (Guildhall School of Music), the events are set in post-world war II England, where society and previous strict standards are starting to open up. As the opera progresses, even the seemingly morally pure characters reveal their true desires.

Eric Crozier’s libretto is based on Guy Maupassants’ novel Le Rosier de Madame Husson.

Some of the performances are cancelled
Some of the Albert Herring performances are cancelled due to restrictions related to the corona situation.

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Albert Herring by Britten, From (2020/2020), Directed by Victoria Newlyn,, Conductor Markus Lehtinen, Chloé Dufresne, Helsinki Music Centre, Helsinki, Finland

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