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Albert Herring
Albert Herring, Op. 39, is a chamber opera in three acts by Benjamin Britten.
Composed in the winter of 1946 and the spring of 1947, this comic opera was a successor to his serious opera "The Rape of Lucretia". The libretto, by Eric Crozier, was based on Guy de Maupassant's novella "Le Rosier de Madame Husson", with the action transposed to an English setting.
Composition history.
After having composed and staged "The Rape of Lucretia",
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- 26 Aug – Hugo L. Black
- 2 Sep – Donald Budge
- 9 Sep – Clyde L. Herring
- 16 Sep – Alexis Carrel
- 23 Sep – Sir Samuel Hoare
- 30 Sep – Cardinal Hayes
- 7 Oct – Mickey Cochrane
- 14 Oct – Herbert C. Hoover
- 21 Oct – John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir
- 28 Oct – Bruno Mussolini, Benito Mussolini & Vittorio Mussolini
- 4 Nov – James A. Macauley
- 11 Nov – Football Spectators