Albert Herring
Author(s):
Benjamin Britten
Company:
Opera North
Running time:
2h 45min approx
May Day is looming, and the small town of Loxford is in chaos.
All the potential May Queens are deemed 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.
