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Geoff Read

Wonderfully Versatile Dance Trilogy from Birmingham Royal Ballet

11/03/202306/10/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom E=mc2/Tombeaux/Still Life at the Penguin Café: A triple bill of ballets danced by dancers from Birmingham Royal Ballet, all choreographed by David Bintley, with the Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Paul Murphy (Conductor), Birmingham Hippodrome, 3.10.2013. (GR)

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Dramatic Concert Performance Brings Peter Grimes to Life

30/09/201329/09/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Britten, Peter Grimes: Concert performance from Soloists, London Voices and the London Philharmonic Orchestra with Vladimir Jurowski (Conductor) Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 26.9.2013. (GR)

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BRB’s Giselle: Midsummer Madness and Poignant Farewells

29/06/201324/06/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Adolphe Adam, Giselle: (Performed to the choreography of Marius Petipa after Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot, with additional material from David Bintley), Dancers from Birmingham Royal Ballet, Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Koen Kessels (conductor), Birmingham Hippodrome, 21.6.2013 (GR).

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BRB Magic and the Original ‘Living Doll’

10/03/202305/06/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Léo Delibes, Coppélia: Dancers from the Birmingham Royal Ballet, Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Paul Murphy (conductor). Birmingham Hippodrome, 4.6.2013. (GR)

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A Worthy Rendition of Purcell’s King Arthur

04/06/201304/06/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Purcell, King Arthur or The British Worthy, Z628: Nicholas Le Provost (Narrator), Soloists, New London Consort / Philip Pickett (Director/Conductor), Birmingham Town Hall, 31.5.2013 (GR).

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Pantomime Season in Full Swing at Birmingham Royal Ballet

26/02/201318/02/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Davis, Aladdin: Birmingham Royal Ballet, Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Paul Murphy (conductor). Birmingham Hippodrome, 15.2.2013 (GR).

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Rapturous, Ravishing and Radiant Radamisto

25/02/201312/02/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Handel, Radamisto: Concert performance from Soloists and The English Concert with Harry Bickett (Director/Harpsichord) Town Hall, Birmingham, 8.2.2013. (GR)

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Fairytale Ballet Heralds Festive Season

26/11/201224/11/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Prokofiev, Cinderella: Birmingham Royal Ballet, Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Koen Kessels (conductor), Birmingham Hippodrome, 21.11.2012 (GR)

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