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Tenor

Caspar Singh

Albert Herring

Mezzosopran (+2)

Leah-Marian Jones

Mrs. Herring, seine Mutter

Sopran (+2)

Emma Bell

Lady Billows, eine herrische alte Dame

Tenor (+3)

Mark Le Brocq

Mr. Upfold, Bürgermeister

Instrumentalist (+2)

Sir Willard White

Mr. Budd, Polizeichef

Mezzosopran (+3)

Carolyn Dobbin

Florence Pike, ihre Haushälterin

Sopran (+3)

Aoife Miskelly

Mrs. Wordsworth, Schulvorsteherin

Bariton (+3)

Eddie Wade

Mr. Gedge, Pfarrer

Bariton

Dan D'Souza

Sid, Metzgerbursche

Anna Elizabeth Cooper

Nancy Waters, Bäckerstochter

Dirigent

Dirigent (+1)

Daniel Cohen

Bühnenbild

Regie (+2)

Antony McDonald

Lichtgestaltung

Regie (+1)

Matthew Richardson

Stellvertretender Direktor

Regie (+5)

Sophie Daneman

English National Opera

Regie

London Coliseum

The Lowry

Loxford, 1943. A typical small market town, where nothing escapes the eye of the redoubtable Lady Billows and her housekeeper Florence Pike. When there are no virtuous girls left in the village, the May Queen organising committee decide to break with tradition and crown the shy and innocent greengrocer’s boy Albert Herring as the May King.

But heavy is the head that wears the May King crown, and Albert’s friend Sid intervenes with some mischievous assistance throughout the day as Albert accepts his fate and the cash prize. Join us as Albert’s newfound village status leads to an alcohol-fuelled night of debauchery and self-discovery.

Showing in London and Salford, this funny, quirky and off-centre opera is the perfect commentary on small town eccentricities and will be sure to set curtains twitching and tongues wagging, up and down the country.

Staging & Score
Composed in 1947, Britten demonstrates his versatility by creating a good-natured comedy. From its gentle ribbing of English Victorian music to its sly quote from Wagner, his light-hearted touch lets the humour shine through the music. The score also requires the same thirteen instruments that he used in his previous opera The Rape of Lucretia.

Singers & Creatives
Our unlikely rebel Albert is played by tenor Caspar Singh, and Mrs Herring, his overbearing mother, is played by Leah-Marian Jones, Emma Bell plays Lady Billows, Mark Le Brocq plays Mr Upfold, the Mayor with Sir Willard White as Superintendent Budd.

This new staging will be directed and designed by multi-award winning Antony McDonald and conducted by Daniel Cohen, making his ENO debut on the podium.

This production has been made possible through the generous support of a syndicate comprising Mr R Bridge, Liz Cratchley OBE, Alan McLean, Kate Olver & Jeremy Young, and Roy Shutz.

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