Who composed the opera 'Albert Herring' in 1947?
Albert Herring Albert Herring Albert Herring, Op. 39, is a chamber opera in three acts by Benjamin Britten. Composed in the winter of 1946 and the spring of 1947, this comic opera was a successor to his serious opera "The Rape of Lucretia". The libretto, by Eric Crozier, was based on Guy de Maupassant's novella "Le Rosier de Madame Husson", with the action transposed to an English setting. After having composed and staged "The Rape of Lucretia", Britten decided he should attempt a comedy, preferably set in England. Crozier suggested adapting the Maupassant short story "Le rosier de Madame Husson" and transplanting
Albert Herring of the century" and in 1983 staged "Albert Herring" as part of the December Nights Festival at Moscow's Pushkin Museum. The opera was performed at Buenos Aires's Teatro Colón in 1972. In 2008–2010, over 55 performances were given by companies such as those at Glyndebourne and the Portland Opera in Oregon (2008 season); the Opéra-Comique in Paris and the Opéra de Normandie in Rouen (2009);and, for 2010, at the Landestheater in Linz, the Finnish National Opera in Helsinki and the Santa Fe Opera. The Santa Fe production was given by the Los Angeles Opera in 2011. Vancouver Opera presented the