Roles
| Role | Voice type | Premiere cast, 20 June 1947 (Conductor: Benjamin Britten) |
|---|---|---|
| Lady Billows, an elderly autocrat | soprano | Joan Cross |
| Florence Pike, her housekeeper | contralto | Gladys Parr |
| Miss Wordsworth, a schoolteacher | soprano | Margaret Ritchie |
| Mr. Gedge, the vicar | baritone | William Parsons |
| Mr. Upfold, the mayor | tenor | Roy Ashton |
| Superintendent Budd | bass | Norman Lumsden |
| Sid, a butcher's assistant | baritone | Frederick Sharp |
| Albert Herring, from the greengrocer's | tenor | Peter Pears |
| Nancy, from the bakery | mezzo-soprano | Nancy Evans |
| Mrs. Herring, Albert's mother | mezzo-soprano | Betsy de la Porte |
| Emmie | soprano | Lesley Duff |
| Cis | soprano | Anne Sharp |
| Harry | treble | David Spenser |
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