Geoff Read

Joubert Receives Ovation at World Premiere of Jane Eyre in Concert Form

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom John Joubert, Jane Eyre (a concert performance of John Joubert’s opera after the novel of Charlotte Brontë to the libretto of Kenneth Birkin): Soloists, English Symphony Orchestra / Kenneth Woods (conductor), The Ruddock Performing Arts Centre, Birmingham, 25.10.2016. (GR)

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John Joubert’s Jane Eyre with the English Symphony Orchestra (c) Pierre Joubert

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World Première of Nick Powell’s Cold Calling: The Arctic Project Blows Hot and Cold

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Nick Powell, Cold Calling: The Arctic Project (a musical-theatre experience created and composed by Nick Powell, written and directed by Anthony Neilson): City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Jonathan Bloxham (conductor). Studio Theatre, Birmingham Repertory Theatre, 16.9.2016. (GR)

Photo credit: Robert Day
Cold Calling: The Arctic Project (c) Robert Day

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The More the Merrier: A Kaleidoscope of Shakespeare from Birmingham Royal Ballet

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ciupinski, Purcell & Ellington/Strayhorn – a triple bill of ballet comprising Wink, The Moor’s Pavane and The Shakespeare Suite: Birmingham Royal Ballet with the Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Philip Ellis (conductor) and the Colin Towns’ Mask Orchestra / Paul Murphy (conductor), Birmingham Hippodrome, 22.6.2016. (GR)

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BRB’s The Shakespeare Suite (c) Bill Cooper

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City of Sounds – Saying Goodbye to Birmingham Conservatoire’s Adrian Boult Hall

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom From Monteverdi to Sondheim via Schubert – A Vocal Gala Evening: Performers from the Birmingham Conservatoire – singers from the Vocal and Operatic Department, the Chamber Choir and members of the Orchestra, a programme devised by Julian Pike and Michael Barry. Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham, 21.6.2016. (GR)

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BRB deliver hilarious fayre with The Taming of the Shrew

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Kurt-Heinz Stolze (after Domenico Scarlatti), The Taming of the Shrew: A Birmingham Royal Ballet production to the choreography of John Cranko, with the Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Wolfgang Heinz (conductor). Birmingham Hippodrome, 16.6.2016. (GR)

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The Tamong of the Shrew (Elisha Willis as Katherina and Iain Mackay as Petruchio)
(c) Andrew Ross

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