Talk:Albert Herring

"Britten's Children"...er...ALL of them?
I realize that Britten's pedophilia was relevant to the dramatic themes of his work in general, and has been a focus in much of the media on his biography. His bio page could probably use a paragraph on it.

But...is David Spenser really significant to Albert Herring as a work? He played a minor role which was not in particular written for him. Some others might be relevant--for example you might make a case that David Hemmings' relationship to Britten was significant to understanding Miles' relation with Quint in Screw. But David Spenser as an individual just doesn't seem notable at all, and if we start listing every boy soprano Britten took out for tea, cakes, and awkward glances, his works pages will soon take on quite a comical appearance.

In replying, please focus on the relevance of the info to Albert Herring as a work Dybryd 17:11, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Performance history
This section seems pretty random as it stands - essentially a noticeboard for recent or forthcoming productions by any opera company who has a supporter to post info about it. That's great, in so far as it demonstrates the opera's popularity, but carry on like this, and the section will soon be cluttered with such info; we need much more filtering, and I propose cutting some of what's there. Much more interesting, I'd think, if someone could trace, for instance, the touring history of Britten's English Opera Group with that opera - there was, for instance, a fascinating but incomplete recording of (one of?) the 1949 Copenhagen performance(s). I might have a shot at starting this myself. Alfietucker (talk) 00:55, 29 November 2011 (UTC)
 * I have now rearranged the article so the information is in a more logical order. I've run out of time for re-writing the 'Performance history' section, but I intend to come back to this. Alfietucker (talk) 01:13, 29 November 2011 (UTC)