Composer

Benjamin Britten

Librettist

Eric Crozier after Maupassant’s story Le rosier de Madam Husson

Venue and Dates

Glyndebourne Touring Opera

Teatro Olimpico, Rome - 1 February 1989     

Reggio Emilia – 4, 5 February 1989      

Conductor

Graeme Jenkins

Production

Original Producer: Christopher Newell

Set & Costume Designer: John Gunter

Lighting Designer: Jonathan, Mark

Performers

Lady Billows: Pauline Tinsley

Florence Pike: Susan Bickley

Miss Wordsworth: Elizabeth Gale

Mr Gedge: Philip O'Reilly

Mr Upfold: Alexander Oliver

Superintendent Budd: Richard Van Allan

Sid: Gerald Finley

Albert Herring: John Graham-Hall

Nancy: Louise Winter

Mrs Herring: Menai Davies

Emmie: Helen Williams

Cis: Lynne Davies

Harry: Gary King

London Sinfonietta

Notes

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