Albert Herring (1947)

A Comic Opera in three acts by Eric Crozier, freely adapted from Le Rosier de Madame Husson by Guy de Maupassant

MUSIC

Benjamin Britten (opus 39)

SCENERY & COSTUMES

John Piper

DANCERS

Lady Billows: Joan Cross; Florence: Gladys Parr; Miss Wordsworth: Margaret Ritchie; Mr Gedge: William Parsons; Mr Upfold: Roy Ashton; Superintendent Budd: Norman Lumsden; Sid: Frederick Sharp; Albert Herring: Peter Pears; Nancy: Nancy Evans; Mrs Herring: Betsy de la Porte; Emmie: Leslie Duff; Cis: Anne Sharp; Harry: David Spenser

FIRST PERFORMANCE

English Opera Group, Glyndebourne Opera House, 20 June 1947