Performance

Venue	Theatre Royal
Town	Newcastle upon Tyne
County	Tyne and Wear
From	15th February 2002
To	15th February 2002
When	19:15
Prices	From £5.00. To £39.50.
Theatre Royal (V570)
Current/Future Listings
Listings Archive

Albert Herring

Work:: Albert Herring (S1858)

May Day is looming, and the small town of Loxford is in chaos. All the potential May Queens are 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. Britten's sharply satiric take on village life makes for a glorious and very English comedy.

Music

Britten

Production:: (T01181260682)

Sung in English. New Production - Supported by The Friends of Opera North. Sponsored by Manchester Airport. Running time 2 hours 30 minutes.

Company	Opera North
Conductor	James Holmes
Director	Phyllida Lloyd
Design	Scott Pask
Lighting	Howard Harrison
Performer	Iain Paton (Albert Herring)
Performer	Josephine Barstow (Lady Billows)
Performer	Ethna Robinson (Mrs Herring)
Performer	Susan Bickley (Florence Pike)
Performer	Eric Roberts (Vicar)
Performer	John Graham-Hall (The Mayor)
Performer	Elena Ferrari (Miss Wordsworth)
Performer	Jeremy White (Superintendent Budd)
Performer	Richard Whitehouse (Sid)
Performer	Heather Shipp (Nancy)
Performer	Claire Wild (Emmie)

Listing:: L0441022238

Current production:Work

Production details

Sung in English. New Production - Supported by The Friends of Opera North. Sponsored by Manchester Airport. Running time 2 hours 30 minutes.

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