| Albert Herring | |
|---|---|
| Chamber opera by Benjamin Britten | |
 The composer in 1968 | |
| Librettist | Eric Crozier |
| Language | English |
| Based on | Le Rosier de Madame Husson by Guy de Maupassant |
| Premiere | 20 June 1947 |
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.[1]
- ^ Fiona Maddocks, "Queen for a day. And his name's Albert". The Observer, 17 February 2002.]