Albert Herring review – ENO heralds new era with witty staging of Britten’s story of a mummy’s boy ⊕
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Coliseum, London
English National Opera’s first shared production between London and Salford is a fluent and finely sung take on Britten’s 1947 comic opera. Antony McDonald’s lively staging gives th…