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ALBERT HERRING IN COPENHAGEN




Albert Herring to his mother:

“You have suppressed me, kept me in check, held my instincts down with safety pins. You have wrapped me in cotton wool, measured my life after a ruler and overprotected me so intensely that my only recourse was a wild explosion.”

Appearances are maintained in the small English village of Loxford, although nothing is as it appears if you scratch below the surface
. So the local kingpins decide to award a prize to the only decent young man in town, Albert Herring. But being hailed as a paragon does not sit well with Albert, who puts the prize to a somewhat different use than originally intended.

As with many of Britten’s operas, Albert Herring deals with the experience of standing out from the crowd – in this case with added light-hearted humour. Gert Henning-Jensen performs the title role as the well-groomed young man who comes of age overnight.

DIRECTOR: Keith Warner | SET AND COSTUME DESIGNER: Julia Müer | LIGHTING DESIGNER: Davy Cunningham

Co-production with Cantiere Internazionale d’Arte di Montepulciano | Albert Herring is performed in English with Danish supertitles.

Gert Henning-Jensen sings Albert Herring. Portrait photo: The Royal Danish Opera

cast list
Gert Henning-Jensen, Albert Herring
Ylva Kihlberg, Lady Billows
Johanne Bock, Florence Pike
Eric Roberts, Mr. Gedge
Sten Byriel, Mr. Budd
Bengt-Ola Morgny, Mr. Upford
Gisela Stille, Miss
. Wordsworth
Philip Smith, Sid
Elisabeth Jansson, Nancy
Hanne Fischer, Mrs. Herring
Ulla Christensen, Emmie
Conductor Roland Böer
The Royal Danish Orchestra, (Det Kongelige Kapel)

 

Show dates: 20
. May. – 08. Jun. 2012. Price: 95kr – 495kr


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