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ReferencePG/1947/0712

Other Reference192a.4

Title

Britten Albert Herring, Glyndebourne, Sussex

Date12 Jul 1947

DescriptionProgramme for an English Opera Group Production of Albert Herring at the 1947 Glyndebourne Festival at Glyndebourne in Sussex. The performance was conducted by Britten, and soloists included Pears (Albert Herring), Joan Cross (Lady Billows), and Margaret Ritchie (Miss Wordsworth). The programme contains a synopsis of the opera, a list of English Opera Group, English Opera Group Chamber Orchestra and Glyndebourne opera members, and information about forthcoming performances at Glyndebourne and the Edinburgh Festival. There is also a flyer which describes the aims of the English National Opera, and lists the directors, artistic directors, conductors, producers, singers, orchestra members and musical staff of First Season (1947).

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