Albert Herring, April 15-18, 1989

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1989-04

Albert Herring, April 15-18, 1989

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Bo ton

University

chool of Mu ic

Opera

Theatre

Benjamin Britten

Albert Herring

April 15, 17 and 18 at 8 p.m. April 16 at 2 p.m. Boston University Theatre

264 Huntington Avenue Bo ton, Mas achu etts

BOSTO UNIVERSITY CHOOL

OF

MUSIC

Opera

Theatre

pre ents

Albert Herring

Music by Benjamin

Britten

Libretto by Eric Crozier

Freely

adapted

from

a

hort

story

by Guy de Maupassant

arol

Lucas

Music

Director

Will Graham

tage Director

Michael Beattie

Assistant

Music Director

Patti Thom

Accompanist

/Coac

h

Claudia

Hill

Dialect Coach

Kelly

Cantley

Stage

Manager

Andrea

ala

Assistant

Stage

Manager

acurday,

w1day, Monday

,

Tuesday

,

April

15

-

18 1989

Bo ton

University Theatre

264

Huntington Avenue

Bo ton

,

Massachusetts

ACTI

cene

l The breakfa t

room

in

Lady

Billow

's

hou e

cene

2 Mrs. Herring'

s

greengrocery

hop

ACT

II

cene

1 The interior

of a

marquee

et

up in tl1e

vicarage garden

Scene

2

Inside tl,e

gree

n

grocery shop

later tl1at

eve

nin

g

INTERMISSION

ACTID

AT

April 15 an

d

17

A

p

ril 16 and 18

Lady

Billows

Alicia Cordell andra Horner

Florence

Pike

Pamela Dillard Pamela Dillard

Miss Wordsworth

Julie Han on Andrea Ehrereich

Vicar

Robert Bullington Robert Bullington

Mayor

Jame Ruff Tim Alexander

uperintendent Budd

on keAka Denni Bender

id

Albert

Herring

Nancy

Mrs

.

Herring

Emmie

Cis

Harry

Paul Warner Paul Warner

Paul Kirby Mark Evans Jea.irne Okra inski Barbara Youmans Mary Delli Colli Laurie Ann McGowa.11 Kimberly McCullough Kin,berly McCullough Gooywon Elis a Kim Gooywon Ellisa Kim Bill Dederer Bill Dederer

ALBERT HERRl G ORCHESTRA

Violin!

Roksana Kaczmarek

Violin

II

Dansha.11 Li

Viola

QunLi

Cello

o-Young Jeon

Bass

eba tia.11 . Aparo

Flute

Heather Kent

Harp

Liu Yi

Oboe

Erin Hemenway

Clarinet

SongTu

Bassoon

Emiljan Badea

Horn

Andrew Brusletten

Percussion

Tom Se a

Piano

Michael Beattie

PRODUCTIO

TAFF

Roger Meeker Bobby Summerlin Shelley Warner Mark a den Jim Ray David Wlodar

ki

David Ma

IO\

Andrew aellieri Lino To os

Gail A trid Buckley Kathleen Brown Deb hippee Denise WalJace Am evitt Linda Taylor Rui Rita Jim Insley Harold Bingham

Production Manager

Assistant

Production Manager

cene

Designer

Assistant Scene

Designer

Technical

Director

tage Carpenter

Praperty Master

Prap

Run

Cre1v

Head

Scenic Artist

Costtm

-

ie

Designer

Assistant to the Costume Designer

Costumer

Assistant to the Costumer

Wardrobe Coordinator

Lighting

Designer

Assistant

Lighting Designer

Master Electrician

Albert Herring

ACT - cene One

Around the nirn f the cenniry in the mall we t country village of Loxford, England, village official lament the atmo phere of complete moral chaos" which pervade the town. Lady Billows, the last de ccndant of the town's founder, ha established a

com-minee ro plan a May Day fe rival. The central event, designed to correct the decline in morals, will be the crowning of the most virtuou (that i , virginal) girl in the community

as queen of the May. On the morning of April 10, members of the comminee gather to put forth their choices for May queen, but each ugge tion is rejected on moral grounds.

Florence, Lady Billow 'c mpanion ha re earched the behavi r of all the village girls with "shocking results.' Since none of the girls i uirable, Police uperinrendent Budd propo e naming a king of the May and n minate Albert Herring. Alberti "dim:' bur he i a good on to hi mother and works ver hard in her greengrocer' hop. His virnie

is above question. Albert Herring i chosen in hopes that his election will "reach the

village girls a lesson!'

ACTI- ceneTwo

Three of the village children arc pla ing near Mrs. Herring' hop. Their ball flies through the hop d r, and when they neak in ro retrieve it, id, the butcher's assi rant,

sends them away. Albert come up from the ba ement carr ing a hea bag of nirnip .

id reminds Albert that his mother i a tyrant who keep him working too hard. ancy

Water arrives looking for id. Albert ob erve their flirtatious game and d pairs d1at ifhe i ever t experience what id and Nancy feel, he will have to get a\ ay from hi mother. Florence, Lady Billows, and the od1er member ofd1e May fc rival comminee

bur tin to announce Albert's electi n a May King. Albert's mother is thrilled with

the news that her son i to be a celebrity, but Albert i horrified ar the d1ought of being dre sed up and paraded d1rough the town. When the comminee departs, Albert and his mother argue. As always, Mr . Herring resorts to emotional and phy ical abu e to per

-suade him.

ACT II- cene One

On May Day, in the fe ti val tent out ide the vicarage, ancy puts fini hing touches on

the decorations while Florence waits for id to arrive wid1 the fir t course for the ban-quet. After Florence leave , id de cribc Albert' mi cry and hint ar a remedy for it.

Mis Wordsword1 arrives to rehear e the children in d1eir song for the proce ionaJ.

While ancy and id complete d1eir banquet preparation , d1ey pour run1 into Albert's lemonade glass. The comminee enters in fulJ regalia. As d1e children sing the praise of

the new May king, Albert makes his entrance, embarrassed at d1e attention lavi hed n him. The children make hort presentations and all take their place at d1c banquet table. The comminee member make hort peed1es and give gift , but when Alberti called

upon he freezes. Hi fear manife ts itself in nervou hiccup which he manages to quell by drinking the piked lemonade. The scene end as d1e banquet begins.

ACTII- ceneTwo

After the banquet Albert tumble home alone. The effects of the rum the feast, and the attention have given him a new en e of confidence. He thinks about the feast and how much he enjo ed the lemonade. ancy would know how to make more of it, he remem -bers. He admit to him elf that ancy's behavior at the banquet might be interpreted as a ign of affection for him. Then he reminds himself that he belong to id and that

someone like himself- timid, hy, and tupid- couJd ne er hope to win a girl like ancy.

He hear id whi tling outside tl,e hop, and then Ii ten in di ma as id and ancy

di cu 'poor Albert." When the lover go off for a midnight try t, Albert remember id

aying that "heaven helps tl1ose who help tl1em elve :' After ome soul- earching, he makes the decision to take hi prize money and trike out for a night on tl,e town. Afraid but determined, he leaves the hop just before Mr . Herring return for tl,e night.

ACTill

The next afternoon Albert has till nor returned. Town official have been earching for

him all night. There are reports of murder, suicide, horrible a cident , and "something big and white floating in a nearby well.' anc i particularly upset. If Alberti injured or dead, it i becau e he and id g t him drunk. Mrs. Herring al o fear the worst.

Member of the Ma, Da committee come to tl,e hop to help witl, the card, and lend

comfort to tl,e grieving mother. The Mayor, uperintendent Budd, and id arrive witl1 a

devastating piece of evidence- Albert's May Da wreatl,, "found on tl1e road to Campsey

Ash cru hed by a cart? There can be no doubt· Albert is dead. An atmo phere of deep

mourning prevail as everyone offers a hort meditation about the horme of life and

tl1e inevitability of death. ln tl1e midst of the grieving Albert arrive , only a little wor e for wear. He explains hi whereabout to the angry listener . Only id and ancy applaud

his bravado. Albert thanks everyone for providing tl,e opportunity for him to strike out on his own. When the hocked and angr committee leaves, Albert lets his mother know that her abu e of him is at an end. With a new en e of courage and elf-esteem he send hi mother up tair and welcom the mocking children into the h p.

Carol Luca graduated from the Ea tman chool of Music, where she studied piano

with Maria Luisa Faini and a compan ing with Brooks mith. he ha al o coa hed

opera conducting with Richard Woitach of the Metropolian Opera. he ha been affili

-ated with the opera companie of Roch tcr, De Moine , WolfTrap, Lake Ge rge and

Long Beach California. he ha participated in everal lumbia Artists tour both a

piani t and conductor. In 1984, he led forty-ix performances of the Barber of eville

with chamber orchestra for lumbia. As music director of the Ea tern Opera Theatre

of ew York, she ha conducted the Eric Philharmonic the Jacksonville mph n , and

the Florida Gulf ast Orche tra. he has al worked with the Iceland ymphony in Reykjavik, in the Italian repertoire.

Will Graham is currently the director of the opera progran1 at B ston Univer ity, and was the associate director of the pr gram from 1986 to 1988. He was formerly director of opera at the Univer ity of Missouri at Kan as ity. He has erved as production

supervi-or Ii r the W · tern Opera Theatre, assistant director for the an Franci co pring Opera,

and director of workshops at the anadian pera. He has performed and directed for the Guthrie Theatre Other Place, and directed Ii r the Minne ota pcra, the Kan as ity L ric Opera, Opera outh, and the Western Opera Theatre. He has conducted acting

workshop at the University of lifornia, the niver ity of Washington, Ariwna tate niver ity, the niver ity of Oregon, and an Quentin pri on. In the ummer of 1988, he directed The Marriage of Figaro for the acional Opera mpan . This pa t year Mr. Gral1am was tage director for two ver ucce ful Boston University Opera productions, IlEnfant et Les ortilegcs and Don Giovanni.

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