The third opera written by English composer Benjamin Britten is a whimsical tale set in Suffolk.

A May Queen must be chosen to lead the May Day celebrations in the town. However, the townspeople are pretty convinced that none of the girls are still virgins. So they pick someone who definitely is – the painfully shy Albert Herring – so the town will now have a May King. Albert and the town wrestle with the fallout from his crowning.