Close menu

Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 279,799 playable programmes from the BBC

ALBERT HERRING

Network Three
on Network Three

Comic opera in three acts
Music by Benjamin Britten
Libretto by ERIC CROZIER freely adapted from a short story of Guy de Maupassant
Sung in English
ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA conducted by THE COMPOSER on gramophone records
ACT 1
Scene 1: The breakfast room In Lady Billows's house. Loxford
Scene 2: Mrs. Herring's greengrocery shop
ACT 2
Scene 1: The Interior of the marquee set up in the Vicarage garden
Scene 2: Mrs. Herring's greengrocery shop, tater that evening
ACT 3
Mrs. Herring's greengrocery shop on the afternoon of May 2

Contributors

Music By:
Benjamin Britten
Unknown:
Eric Crozier
Source: Radio Times

Network Three

Appears in

Suggest an Edit

We are trying to reflect the information printed in the Radio Times magazine.

  • Press the 'Suggest an Edit' button
  • Type in any changes to the title, synopsis or contributor information using the Radio Times Style Guide for reference.
  • Click the Submit Edits button.
    Your changes will be sent for verification and if accepted, will appear in due course More