Event listing: Albert Herring | Dorothy Chandler Pavilion | Event is in the past

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Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Los Angeles, California, CA90012, United States

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Programme

Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976)

Libretto by Eric Crozier

Performers

LA Opera
James Conlon	Conductor
Paul Curran	Director
Alek Shrader	Tenor	Albert Herring
Daniela Mack	Mezzo-soprano	Nancy
Liam Bonner	Baritone	Sid
Ronnita Miller	Mezzo-soprano	Florence Pike
Stacey Tappan	Soprano	Miss Wordsworth
Jonathan Michie	Bass	Mr Gedge

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Britten's Albert Herring: A sardonic delight at LA Opera

Ted Ayala, 8th March

After the success of Benjamin Britten’s opera The Rape of Lucretia, Britten and director/librettist Eric Crozier discussed future operatic projects. The composer wanted his next opera to be a comedy and insisted that it be set in England. When Crozier suggested adapting Guy de Maupassant’s La Rosier de Madame Husson, Britten knew he was on to something good. Indeed, it was an ideal choice.

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