Opera `Albert Herring` (1946), op. 39 - Britten, Benjamin - listen online, download, sheet music

Сhamber opera in three acts
Text: Eric Crozier (1914-1994), freely adapted from a novella Le Rosier de Madame Husson by Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893)
First performance: 20 Jun 1947, Glyndebourne, Sussex (Frederick Ashton prod, John Piper design, Benjamin Britten cond. Joan Cross - Lady Billows, Peter Pears - Albert Herring, EOG Orchestra)
Duration: 137.0`
Dedication: `Dedicated to E.M. Forster, in admiration`(Edward Morgan Forster (1879 – 1970) was an English novelist, short story writer, essayist and librettist)
Movements:
Act I
- Scene 1 (The breakfast room in Lady Billows` house, Loxford.)
- Interlude
- Scene 2 (Mrs Herring`s greengrocery shop.)
Act II
- Scene 1 (The scene is inside a marquee set up in the Vicarage garden.)
- Scene 2 (Inside the shop, later that evening.)
Act III
- [Scene] (Mrs Herring`s greengrocery shop. The afternoon of May the second.)
- Threnody

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	Benjamin Britten (1913–1976) Opera `Albert Herring` (1946), op. 39 Сhamber opera in three acts Text: Eric Crozier (1914-1994), freely adapted from a novella Le Rosier de Madame Husson by Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893) First performance: 20 Jun 1947, Glyndebourne,...Read more Сhamber opera in three acts Text: Eric Crozier (1914-1994), freely adapted from a novella Le Rosier de Madame Husson by Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893) First performance: 20 Jun 1947, Glyndebourne, Sussex (Frederick Ashton prod, John Piper design, Benjamin Britten cond. Joan Cross - Lady Billows, Peter Pears - Albert Herring, EOG Orchestra) Duration: 137.0` Dedication: `Dedicated to E.M. Forster, in admiration`(Edward Morgan Forster (1879 – 1970) was an English novelist, short story writer, essayist and librettist) Movements: Act I - Scene 1 (The breakfast room in Lady Billows` house, Loxford.) - Interlude - Scene 2 (Mrs Herring`s greengrocery shop.) Act II - Scene 1 (The scene is inside a marquee set up in the Vicarage garden.) - Scene 2 (Inside the shop, later that evening.) Act III - [Scene] (Mrs Herring`s greengrocery shop. The afternoon of May the second.) - Threnody Х Close Show records by: listenings count \| performer's rating \| alphabetical Benjamin Britten (conductor) , English Chamber Orchestra Albert Herring - Peter Pears, Lady Billows - Sylvia Fisher, Florence Pike - Johanna Peters, Mr. Gedge - John Noble, Mr. Budd - Owen Brannigan, Mr. Upfold - Edgar Evans, Miss Wordsworth - April Cantelo, Mrs. Herring - Sheila Rex, Sid - Joseph Ward, Nancy - Catherine Wilson, Emmie - Sheila Amit, Cis - Anne Pashley, Harry - Stephen Terry English Chamber Orchestra. Conducted by Benjamin Britten. Decca 1964 (3) Laurence Equilbey (conductor) , Allan Clayton (tenor), Orchestra of the Opéra de Rouen - Haute Normandie (2)

Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)