At what type of shop does 'Albert Herring' work, in the opera by Benjamin Britten?
Albert Herring is as certainly virginal as the girls are not: Albert Herring. Working at the greengrocer's, Albert is teased for his timidity by the easygoing butcher Sid. Sid's girlfriend Nancy comes in to do some shopping, and the couple shares a tender moment while Albert looks on. The lovers leave, and Albert reflects on his miserable existence under his mother's thumb. The Festival Committee arrives with the news of his selection as May King. Mrs. Herring is thrilled by the prize of ₤25, but Albert balks at being paraded in swan-white and mother and son quarrel to the mocking commentary of
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