Albert Herring News

 
Chicago Classical Review
Northwestern Opera Theater presents an admirable “Albert Herring”
Chicago Classical Review
By Lawrence A. Johnson Marcus Shields in the title role of Britten's "Albert Herring," presented by Northwestern University Opera Theater Thursday night at Cahn Auditoruim. Photo: Christina Walker/Pick-Staiger Concert Hall The Bienen School of Music at ...
Herring at English tea party - a faux pas surelyThe Copenhagen Post

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English Language Operas
Patch.com
In this adventure, we'll hear lovely scenes from operas like Benjamin Britten's masterful 'Albert Herring' and Ralph Vaughan Williams' dramatic 'Riders to the Sea'. George Gershwin's great American masterpiece, 'Porgy and Bess,' shares stage with later ...


 
'Albert Herring' Sausage Rolls
New York Times
Adapted from “King Edward's Cookery Book” by Florence A. George Time: 45 minutes Vegetable oil or nonstick spray 1 pound sausage (without casings) All-purpose flour, as needed for dusting 8 ounces puff pastry 1 large egg, beaten. 1.


 
Columbus Dispatch
Often, it ain't over till the fat lady eats, too
Columbus Dispatch
At a 2010 production of Benjamin Britten's Albert Herring at the Santa Fe (NM) Opera, Lindsey — who was singing the role of Nancy — was amazed at how many extras and cast members were grabbing the food, not all of it real. “You had to watch out ...


 
Plain Dealer
Stepping out of the ensemble: Opera singers Brewer, Saks plan solo recitals ...
Plain Dealer
Which is also what soprano Brewer will be doing next year in London, where she'll play uppity Lady Billows in Britten's "Albert Herring." "It's a fun role -- the only comic role I get to sing, except for the prologue of [Strauss'] 'Ariadne,' " said ...


 
Diversions: 4 picks for the coming week
Lincolnwood Review
“Albert Herring,” Benjamin Britten's chamber opera, will be staged by Northwestern University Opera Theatre at 7:30 pm May 17-19 and 3 pm May 20 at Cahn Auditorium, 600 Emerson St., Evanston. Set in the spring of 1900, the three-act opera tells the ...

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Happy and glorious! Chetham's pupils to sing for the Queen at Jubilee celebrations
Manchester Evening News
George, from Styal, near Wilmslow, who has been at Chetham's for two years and appeared in a Royal Northern College of Music production of the Benjamin Britten opera, Albert Herring, last year, said: "My mum got the letter to say I had been chosen for ...

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