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Music: Benjamin Britten Lyrics: Eric Crozier.
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Worldpremiere: Glyndebourne 20 juni 1947.
| Role | Voicetype |
|---|---|
| Albert Herring | tenor |
| Emmy | soprano |
| Florence Pike | alto |
| Lady Billows | soprano |
| Miss Wordsworth | soprano |
| Mr Budd | bass |
| Mr Gedge | baritone |
| Mr Upfold | tenor |
| Mrs Herring | mezzosoprano |
| Nancy Waters | mezzosoprano |
| Sid | baritone |
| Siss | soprano |
Loxford, a small market town, during April and may 1900. At lady Billow´s house the mayor, the vicar, the schoolmistress and the police superintendent are meeting to decide who should be the May Queen. Lady Billows announces a first prize of £25, but all candidates are vetoed as Florence Pike reveals some piece of scandalous information about them. Budd the suggests his mother´s rather dim shop assistant Albert Herring and everyone agrees. At the Herring shop, Sid taunts Albert for being a mother´s boy and tries to tempt him with the life of pleasure that awaits him when he breaks from her apron strings. Albert considers Sid´s words but he is interrupted by the town committee who bring news of his election. Albert does not want to know, but Mrs Herring has heard about the £ 25.
Inside the festival marquee a large trestle table has been set for eleven. Sid has told his girlfriend Nancy that he intends to spike Albert´s lemonade with rum. The town elders begin to arrive and the ceremony begin. After singing and flower presentations, Albert calls for a toast in honour of Lady Billows, drains his glass and explodes with hiccups. Back att the shop, Albert remembers the food and drink he has just enjoyed. Hearing Sid walk past the shop, he listens to him tell Nancy that, once Albert has sown some oats, he´ll be all right. Albert tosses a coin and then decides to leave.
The following afternoon everyone is looking for Albert at the shop. Sid and nancy quarrel, and Lady Billows demands the intervention of Scotland Yard and Conan Doyle. They find Albert´s chrushed straw hat and everyone - assuming him to be dead - begins to intone a threnody. As the music comes to an end, Albert enters, muddy and dishevelled. It transpires that he has spent £ 3 of his £ 25 on girls and drink. He has been ejected from one pub and started a fight in another. Albert scorns his repressive mother, as Billows predicts disaster. As the crowd disperse and Albert is left with Sid, Nancy and the village children, he throws his orange-blossom crown into the audience.
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