Albert Herring

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Albert Herring is a comic opera by Benjamin Britten that satirically portrays the moral rigidity and social pretensions of a small English village.

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instanceOf comic opera
acts Act I
Act II
Act III
basedOn Guy de Maupassant's short story "Le Rosier de Madame Husson"
character Albert Herring
Florence Pike
Lady Billows
Mayor Upfold
Miss Wordsworth
Mrs Herring
Nancy
Sid
Superintendent Budd
Vicar Gedge
commissionedBy Glyndebourne Festival Opera
linked to: Glyndebourne
composer Benjamin Britten
firstPerformanceCompany Glyndebourne Opera Company
linked to: Glyndebourne
genre comic opera
opera
hasInstrumentation brass
harp
organ
percussion
piano
strings
woodwinds
hasVocalForces children's chorus
chorus
solo voices
language English
librettist Eric Crozier
mainCharacter Albert Herring
nationalityOfComposer British
notableRecording Decca recording conducted by Benjamin Britten
numberOfActs three
orchestration chamber orchestra
period 20th-century opera
placeInComposerOeuvre Britten's first full-length comic opera
premiereDate 1947-06-20
premiereLocation Glyndebourne, East Sussex, England
linked to: Glyndebourne
setting fictional town of Loxford, Suffolk, England
structure three acts
style lyrical
satirical
subjectMatter May Day festival
village morality campaign
theme coming of age
satire of moral rigidity
satire of social pretension
timePeriodOfSetting late 19th century

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Benjamin Britten notableWork Albert Herring
Albert Herring mainCharacter Albert Herring
Albert Herring character Albert Herring
Peter Pears performedWork Albert Herring
English Opera Group notableWork Albert Herring
Eric Crozier notableWork Albert Herring
Eric Crozier wroteLibrettoFor Albert Herring