The libretto, by Eric Crozier, was based on Guy de Maupassant's novella Le Rosier de Madame Husson, but it was transposed entirely to an English setting.
While he had some involvement in the planning of the 2009 festival season, the 2010 season is based on MacKay's programming and contains nods of appreciation and dedication to John Crosby, SFO's founding director (by opening his season with Madame Butterfly, Crosby's 1957 opening night and the opening night of new 1968 theatre after the 1967 fire) and to Richard Gaddes (by including a Benjamin Britten opera, Albert Herring in the line-up).
The story was adapted by the English composer Benjamin Britten for his comic opera Albert Herring with a libretto by Eric Crozier who transposed it entirely to an English setting.
Additional credits include On an Average Day (West End) and Tales From Hollywood (Donmar Warehouse) both directed by John Crowley; Bash (Almeida Theatre, New York, Los Angeles, and Showtime); Albert Herring (Opera North U.K); The Underpants, The Bomb-itty of Errors, The Donkey Show (NY, London, Edinburgh, Cambridge), Slanguage, The Gimmick, Love's Fowl, The Beginning of August, Refuge.
Albert Einstein | Royal Albert Hall | Victoria and Albert Museum | Albert Camus | Prince Albert | Albert Park | Albert Speer | Albert Schweitzer | Albert, Prince Consort | Albert Campion | Albert | Richard Herring | Albert Park, Victoria | Albert II, Prince of Monaco | Albert Bierstadt | Albert Finney | Johann Albert Fabricius | Albert R. Broccoli | Albert Lee | Eddie Albert | Albert Einstein College of Medicine | Albert Bandura | Albert Watson (photographer) | Albert Watson | Albert King | Albert II of Belgium | Albert Brooks | herring | Albert I of Belgium | Albert Gleizes |
Additional operatic successes include Le Nozze di Figaro (Cherubino) and Carmen (Mercedes) with the Vancouver Opera, Fenena in Nabucco with Manitoba Opera, Albert Herring (Nancy) with the Calgary Opera and many appearances with the Edmonton Opera.