Programme for an English Opera Group production (under the auspices of the Britsh Council) of Britten's Albert Herring at Stadsschouwburg in Amsterdam.
Conductor, Britten; producer, Frederick Ashton; designs, John Piper.
Cast: Lady Billows, Joan Cross; Florence, Gladys Parr; Miss Wordsworth, Margaret Ritchie; Mr Gedge, William Parsons; Mr Upfold, Roy Ashton; Superintendent Budd, Norman Lumsden; Sid, Frederick Sharp; Albert Herring, Pears; Nancy, Nancy Evans; Mrs Herring, Betsy de la Porte; Emmie, Leslie Dudd; Cis, Anne Sharp and Harry, David Spenser.
The programme contains a list of members of the English Opera Group and the English Opera Group Chamber Orchestra, a synopsis of the opera (in Dutch), and a photograph of Britten with Eric Crozier (librettist).
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For another copy see programme ref no. PG/1947/0728
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