Composer: |
Benjamin Britten |
Music title: |
Albert Herring, Op. 39 |
Librettist: |
Eric Crozier |
Work definition: |
Comic opera in three acts |
After: |
After the short story 'Le rosier de Madame Husson' by Guy de Maupassant |
Language: |
English |
World premiere: |
20 June 1947, English Opera Group, Glyndebourne |
ROH premiere: |
8 October 1947, English Opera Group |
ROH company premiere: |
1 May 1989, The Royal Opera, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London |