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Tenor

Caspar Singh

Albert Herring

Mezzosopran (+2)

Leah-Marian Jones

Mrs Herring

Sopran (+2)

Emma Bell

Lady Billows

Tenor (+3)

Mark Le Brocq

Mr Upfold

Instrumentalist (+2)

Sir Willard White

Superintendent Budd

Mezzosopran (+3)

Carolyn Dobbin

Florence Pike

Sopran (+3)

Aoife Miskelly

Miss Wordsworth

Baryton (+3)

Eddie Wade

Mr Gedge

Baryton

Dan D'Souza

Anna Elizabeth Cooper

Nancy

Dirigent

Dirigent (+1)

Daniel Cohen

Scenograf

Regissör (+2)

Antony McDonald

Ljus designer

Regissör (+1)

Matthew Richardson

Biträdande Direktör

Regissör (+5)

Sophie Daneman

English National Opera

Regissör

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.

Albert Herring, Britten

Medverkande

Albert Herring

Mrs Herring

Lady Billows

Mr Upfold

Superintendent Budd

Florence Pike

Miss Wordsworth

Mr Gedge

Sid

Nancy

Besättning

Regissör

Dirigent

Scenograf

Ljus designer

Biträdande Direktör

Instrumentation

Producent

Producent

Ensemble

Medproducent

Foton

Angående

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Librettist

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