English National Opera to make North West debut as Albert Herring lands at The Lowry

Albert Herring – The Lowry

English National Opera’s first official foray North sees director and designer Antony McDonald delightfully serve up Britten’s 1947 witty comic opera Albert Herring exposing the whimsy and hypocrisy at the heart of post-war British society. Lady Billows (Emma Bell) and her committee’s – aide Florence Pike (Carolyn Dobbin), headteacher Miss Wordsworth (Aoife Miskelly), vicar, Mr Gedge (Eddie Woods), Mayor, Mr Upfold (Mark Le Brocq), and Superinte…

Albert Herring- The Lowry, Salford

Score: Benjamin Britten Libretto: Eric Crozier Director and Designer: Antony McDonald The English National Opera’s production of Albert Herring arrives at The Lowry carrying baggage. The decision to move the ENO from London to Manchester was imposed upon the company by Arts Council England under the then-government’s instruction that more arts funding should be spent [...] The post Albert Herring- The Lowry, Salford appeared first on The Reviews…

Fine singing and plenty of fruit in ENO's Albert Herring at Salford's Lowry

English National Opera makes a cracking, understated Lowry debut with a finely-sung and attractively-staged Albert Herring.

English National Opera to make North West debut as Albert Herring lands at The Lowry

The English National Opera makes its North West debut as Albert Herring arrives at The Lowry Theatre. For the first time, The English National Opera (ENO) is being shared between its traditional London base and the North West as it features in Salford on Tuesday 21 October and Wednesday 22 October. The 1947 show, which is written by Benjamin Britten, tells the coming-of-age story of a boy who goes from the son of a greengrocer to the May King. T…