Name: Albert Herring
Start: 2024-01-12T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-03-02T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Howard Assembly Room

Organization

Conductor

Garry Walker

Stage director

Giles Havergal

Assistant Stage Director

Elaine Tyler-Hall

Set designer

Leslie Travers

Costume designer

Lighting designer

John Bishop

Choreographer

Tim Claydon

Singer

Tenor

Dafydd Jones

Albert Herring

Mezzo-soprano

Claire Pascoe

Mrs Herring

Contralto

Heather Shipp

Florence Pike

Soprano

Amy Freston

Miss Wordsworth

Bass

Richard Mosley-Evans

Superintendent Budd

Baritone

Dominic Sedgwick

Katie Bray

Nancy

Opera North

Orchestra

Orchestra of Opera North

David Cowan

Judith Howarth

Lady Billows

Paul Nilon

Mr Upfold

Rosa Sparks

Emmie

William Dazeley

Mr Gedge

English

Leeds

United Kingdom

Howard Assembly Room

Albert Herring Britten

Public

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Theorbist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Choir

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Makeup artist

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Bass-baritone

Countertenor

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

May Day is looming, and the small town of Loxford is in chaos.

All the potential May Queens are deemed morally unsuitable. Desperate, the locals decide a May King will have to do instead. They choose the blameless Albert Herring, from the greengrocers. He isn’t keen, but stuck firmly under his mother’s thumb, he’ll do what he is told. However, after one rum-laced lemonade at the May Day ceremony, Albert disappears, and even greater chaos ensues.

The opera’s librettist Eric Crozier took a story by Maupassant and transformed it into a quintessentially English comedy. Britten’s music characterises the town’s inhabitants with a biting satirical wit – but there’s a touch of affection, too, for a vanished way of life. The intimacy of the Howard Assembly Room is the perfect environment for Giles Havergal’s delightfully immersive production.

Albert Herring by Britten, Sat 02 Mar 2024, From (2024/2024), Directed by Giles Havergal,, Conductor Garry Walker, David Cowan, Howard Assembly Room, Leeds, United Kingdom

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Ensemble

Programme, About & Synopsis

Videos

Photos

Further reading

Performance Dates & Venues

Venues