Albert Herring

Albert Herring is an opera in three acts by the British composer Benjamin Britten (see Britten, Benjamin). Its libretto (text) by Eric Crozier is based on Madame Husson's Rose Bush (1888), a story by the French writer Guy de Maupassant. Britten conducted the first performance of the opera at Glyndebourne Opera House, England, on June 20, 1947.