John B. Read works prolifically in dance, opera, theatre and music, both in the UK and abroad. From 1992 to 2005 he was consultant lighting designer to The Royal Opera, The Royal Ballet and BRB. Choreographers he has worked with include Ashton, MacMillan, Tudor, Tetley, Robbins, Nureyev, Dowell, Bintley, Makarova, Hynd, Eagling, Marriott, Dove, Page and Cohan. He has worked with the companies of La Scala, Milan, Stuttgart, Deutsche Oper, Komische Oper, Dresden, Mainz, Vienna, Lyon, Toulouse, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Helsinki, Lisbon, Netherlands, Prague and Canada, as well as for NYCB, Houston, San Francisco, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, the Alvin Ailey Companies, Rambert, London City Ballet and ENB. Othe credits include Rite of Spring (La Scala, Prague National Ballet), La Bayadère (DNOB), Song of the Earth (Munich, Scottish), Manon (Hungarian State Opera, Stanislavsky Theatre, Sächsische Staatsoper) and Marguerite and Armand (Royal Ballet, Bucharest, Mariinski and La Scala).
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