The event was attended by 150,000 people and broadcast by ORF to approximately 60 other countries.
Krammer's challenges included lighting the area being used to stage the event, creating a sense of spectacle, illuminating the orchestra in an appropriate way for both broadcast and live audience, and generally bringing additional magic, and ambience to the performance with the lighting, some of which was required to cover very wide distances.
The lighting rental company for the event was film and TV specialists LGL Lichttechnik from Vienna, and the Robes were supplied by Q-99 from Slovakia and HSL from the UK.
The Robe kit included 20 CitySkape Xtremes, twelve ColorWash 2500E ATs, 30 ColorSpot 1200E ATs, 20 ColorWash 1200E ATs - 14 with PC lenses and six with fresnel lenses - and 24 ColorBeam 2500E ATs. The Robes were deployed in five different areas for the show.
Krammer operated the show using two Road Hog Full Boar consoles and reports, "Working with Robe products is especially interesting for me with the wide product range - there is a fixture for every application, and it's great to have that choice and versatility available."
(Jim Evans)
