May
19
Sat 7:30 PM

Albert Herring

When: Saturday, May 19, 2012
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM  
Where: Cahn Auditorium, 600 Emerson Street  
Evanston, IL 60208 map it
Audience: - Faculty/Staff - Student - Public
Costs: - General public: $18 - Students: $8
Contact: Pick-Staiger Concert Hall   (847) 467-4000
Group: Bienen School of Music/Pick-Staiger Concert Hall
Category: Fine Arts
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Music by Benjamin Britten; libretto by Eric Crozier

Michael Ehrman, stage director; Christopher Zemliauskas, music director; Chris Ramaekers, assistant music director; Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra

A warmhearted satire of life in a small English country village in 1900. When none of the local girls are considered pure enough to be elected Queen of the May, the reticent young grocery clerk Albert Herring is chosen as May King, with riotous results.

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