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Albert Herring, 05 December 2002

The Opera

Venue: Apollo Theatre, Oxford

Composer: Benjamin Britten

Librettist: Eric Crozier

Conductor: Richard Farnes

Orchestra: Glyndebourne Touring Opera Orchestra

Cast

Lady Billows: Rita Cullis

Florence Pike: Susan Gorton

Miss Wordsworth: Sarah Fox

Mr Gedge: Andrew Rupp

Mr Upfold: Peter Hoare

Superintendent Budd: Brindley Sherratt

Sid: Jeremy Carpenter

Albert Herring: Hal Cazalet

Nancy: Louise Poole

Mrs Herring: Frances McCafferty

Emmie: Claire Ormshaw

Cis: Annette Wardell

Harry: Tom Robinson

Production Team

Original Producer: Peter Hall

Staff Director: Mia Lipschitz

Set Designer: John Gunter

Costume Designer: John Gunter

Lighting Designer: David Hersey

Revival Lighting Designer: Keith Benson

Revival Producer: James Robert Carson