Mon 13 Oct
|English National Opera London's Coliseum
Cover Conductor: ENO Albert Herring
From Boy, to King, to Man. In this ENO first, join us for May Day celebrations in a fresh and witty new take on Britten’s much-loved coming-of-age comedy.
Time & Location
13 Oct 2025, 19:00 – 22 Oct 2025, 23:00
English National Opera London's Coliseum, St Martin's Ln, London WC2N 4ES, UK
About the event
More info: https://www.eno.org/events/albert-herring/
From Boy, to King, to Man.
In this ENO first, join us for May Day celebrations in a fresh and witty new take on Britten’s much-loved coming-of-age comedy.
Following the success of ENO’s previous semi-staged productions – Gloriana, Duke Bluebeard’s Castle, and Suor Angelica – Albert Herring will be directed and designed by multi-award winning Antony McDonald and conducted by Daniel Cohen, making his ENO debut on the podium.
Overview
Loxford, 1943. A typical small market town, where nothing escapes the eye of the redoubtable Lady Billows and her housekeeper Florence Pike. When there are no virtuous girls left in the village, the May Queen organising committee decide to break with tradition and crown the shy and innocent greengrocer’s boy Albert Herring as the May King.