Albert Herring
More info on Albert Herring
Composer: | Benjamin Britten |
Librettist: | Eric Crozier |
Premiere: | 20 June 1947, Glyndebourne |
Language: | English |
Synopsis: | Albert Herring Synopsis |
Libretto: | Albert Herring Libretto |
Translation(s): | Not entered yet. |
About the opera Albert Herring
Albert Herring, Op. 39, is a chamber opera in three acts by Benjamin Britten.
Composed in the winter of 1946 and the spring of 1947, this comic opera was a successor to his serious opera The Rape of Lucretia. The libretto, by Eric Crozier, was based on Guy de Maupassant's novella Le Rosier de Madame Husson, but it was transposed entirely to an English setting.
Read more on WikipediaComposed in the winter of 1946 and the spring of 1947, this comic opera was a successor to his serious opera The Rape of Lucretia. The libretto, by Eric Crozier, was based on Guy de Maupassant's novella Le Rosier de Madame Husson, but it was transposed entirely to an English setting.
Roles in Albert Herring
| Lady Billows | Soprano |
| Florence Pike | Contralto |
| Miss Wordsworth | Soprano |
| Mr. Gedge | Baritone |
| Mr. Upfold | Tenor |
| Superintendent Budd | Bass |
| Sid | Baritone |
| Albert Herring | Tenor |
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External links for Albert Herring
| Sheetmusic for opera |  Sheetmusicplus.com |
| Sheetmusic for opera | Sheetmusicplus.com |
| MP3's for this opera | on Amazon.com |
| DVD/CD's for this opera | on Amazon.com |
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5Good morning young man Popularity: Opera: Albert HerringComposer: BrittenAct: 1Type: ariaVoice: contraltoLanguage: EnglishRoles: Florence Pike
6Meet me at a quarter past eight Popularity: Opera: Albert HerringComposer: BrittenAct: 1Type: Voice: Mz BrLanguage: EnglishRoles: Nancy/Sid
7On lifetime one brain Popularity: Opera: Albert HerringComposer: BrittenAct: 1Type: ariaVoice: contraltoLanguage: EnglishRoles: Florence Pike
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10Tickling a trout poaching a hare Popularity: Opera: Albert HerringComposer: BrittenAct: 1.02Type: ariaVoice: baritoneLanguage: EnglishRoles: Sid
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12I'am full of happiness Popularity: Opera: Albert HerringComposer: BrittenAct: 2Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: EnglishRoles: Lady Billows
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14Is this all you can bring Popularity: Opera: Albert HerringComposer: BrittenAct: 2.01Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: EnglishRoles: Lady Billows
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16He's dead and gone poor Albert Popularity: Opera: Albert HerringComposer: BrittenAct: 3Type: ariaVoice: mezzoLanguage: EnglishRoles: Mrs. Herring
17What would Missus Herring say Popularity: Opera: Albert HerringComposer: BrittenAct: 3Type: ariaVoice: mezzoLanguage: EnglishRoles: Nancy
18Fools! Fools! Blundering folls! Popularity: Opera: Albert HerringComposer: BrittenAct: 3Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: EnglishRoles: Lady Billows
19I'm hungry, I'm tired Popularity: Opera: Albert HerringComposer: BrittenAct: 3Type: ariaVoice: baritoneLanguage: EnglishRoles: Sid
20I'm grateful to you all Popularity: Opera: Albert HerringComposer: BrittenAct: 3Type: ariaVoice: tenorLanguage: EnglishRoles: Albert Herring
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22Give me a decent murder with a corpse Popularity: Opera: Albert HerringComposer: BrittenAct: 3Type: ariaVoice: bassLanguage: EnglishRoles: Budd
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