Birmingham Royal Ballet - Enigma Variations

Samara Downs as The Lady and Dominic Antonucci as Edward Elgar; photo: Bill Cooper

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Enigma Variations

What's it about?
The music at the heart of Enigma Variations had proved to be Edward Elgar’s springboard to international fame, containing such notable pieces as the majestic 'Nimrod'. The piece is a series of musical sketches of Elgar's friends and Ashton's ballet picks up this idea and gives new life to each character.

Performance length

Approx 0 hours and 38 minutes

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Credits

Music Edward Elgar
Choreography Frederick Ashton
Design Julia Trevelyan Oman
Lighting Mark Jonathan

World premiere

The Royal Ballet, 25 October 1968, The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

First performance by Birmingham Royal Ballet

11 October 1994, Birmingham Hippodrome

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