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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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | comic opera ⓘ |
| acts |
Act I
ⓘ
Act II ⓘ Act III NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Guy de Maupassant's short story "Le Rosier de Madame Husson" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Albert Herring
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Florence Pike NERFINISHED ⓘ Lady Billows NERFINISHED ⓘ Mayor Upfold NERFINISHED ⓘ Miss Wordsworth NERFINISHED ⓘ Mrs Herring NERFINISHED ⓘ Nancy NERFINISHED ⓘ Sid NERFINISHED ⓘ Superintendent Budd NERFINISHED ⓘ Vicar Gedge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Glyndebourne Festival Opera NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Benjamin Britten NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceCompany | Glyndebourne Opera Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comic opera
ⓘ
opera ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
brass
ⓘ
harp ⓘ organ ⓘ percussion ⓘ piano ⓘ strings ⓘ woodwinds ⓘ |
| hasVocalForces |
children's chorus
ⓘ
chorus ⓘ solo voices ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| librettist | Eric Crozier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Albert Herring NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | fictional town of Loxford, Suffolk, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | three acts ⓘ |
| style |
lyrical
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satirical ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
May Day festival
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village morality campaign ⓘ |
| theme |
coming of age
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satire of moral rigidity ⓘ satire of social pretension ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | late 19th century ⓘ |
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