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Britten: Albert Herring | English Touring Opera

When
Friday October 19, 2012 at 19:30
Where
West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge
Tickets
£12 - £35
Phone for tickets: 01223 300085
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  1. Albert Herring - Benjamin Britten

Benjamin Britten’s Albert Herring has become a classic, comic depiction of English village life. Full of character, matching humour with psychological insight, it describes the election by village committee of a shy local lad in a grocer’s shop as May King – a title normally awarded as May Queen to a virtuous girl, but no one matches up to the exacting standards of virtue held by Lady Billows. Naturally, the crowning of the May King does not go quite as planned, and poor (or lucky) Albert Herring ends up straying rather far from the path of virtue.

A genuinely hilarious satire with undertones of melancholy, Albert Herring is a village masterpiece, with a score of great beauty. ETO’s new production is conducted by Michael Rosewell, a Britten expert, and directed by Christopher Rolls; the cast includes a splendid group of experienced singers and actors as Lady Billows (Jennifer Rhys-Davies) and her committee, with Mark Wilde in the title role as the youth they judge so severely.

New production
Sung in English
Running time: 2 hours and 40 minutes (incl. interval)

This performance will be preceded by a talk. Please contact the venue for further details.


Venue
West Road Concert Hall
11 West Road
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
CB3 9DP
England
WestRoadCH
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