A comic opera in three acts
Libretto freely adapted from a short story of Guy de Maupassant by ERIC CROZIER
Music by Benjamin Britten
Cast in order of singing:
ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Conducted by THE COMPOSER on gramophone records
Act 1
Scene 1: The breakfast room in Lady Billows' house, Loxford
Scene 2: Mrs. Herring's greengrocery shop