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Opera appeals to the masses with Meyer

Details: 14 March 2016

USA - Madama Butterfly is one of the most-loved works in opera. In fact, it was the favourite of its composer, Giacomo Puccini, out of all of his operas. Clearly, Madama Butterfly is a work with broad appeal, which made it an obvious candidate for an outreach effort by the San Francisco Opera. "It's a very expensive proposition to stage an opera," explains the opera's master audio engineer, Max Christensen. "Ultimately if we don't get what we do out of the opera house and make it more accessible to a larger audience, we put live opera at risk."

Recognising this, new San Francisco Opera general manager David Gockley is championing free performances by the opera in the city's parks, and recently created "Opera Vision," a programme to simul

Serious at Harewood House

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - Serious Stages supplied one of their 20m 'standard leg' Space Roof stages, complete with their new Super Deck decking, to Live Nation for a series of Summer Concerts at Harewood House near Leeds. Artists performing across two high-profile weekends of events included Simply Red, Westlife, The Who, James Blunt and others.

The 4-Bay Space Roof was supplied complete with 12m x 6m goal post PA and video wings, ramp, handrails and disabled platform. It also featured Serious's new improved anti-slip steps and a new solid handrail design. The roof offers 14m of headroom - plenty of heigh

Hawthorn at the Canary Wharf Summer Galas

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - For the second year running the Canary Wharf Group turned to Hawthorn to assist in their Summer Gala events. With nine days of activities in July, held at Canada Square Park, with both lunchtime and evening performances the gala attracted over 10,000 spectators over the two week period.

The varied programme included: film screenings, a comedy night, an evening of dance, and classical music recitals. Hawthorns were commissioned to provide entrance, stage and garden lighting.

"This years event was an interesting project," said Matt Oscroft the Hawthorn project manager,

Kelco at T Bar

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - London's T Bar now benefits from a new sound system, recently installed by Kelco. The Shoreditch venue had been renting in a Funktion One rig and were so impressed that they decided to buy one. Their enquiries soon led them to Kelco.

Special attention had to be paid to the audio design to achieve the required effect. Jason Bacon of Audio Projects, London undertook the design. Kelco was able to advise on the scheme to meet the client's exacting demands. The system needed to be zoned to feed the venue's four distinct areas, but still have the ability to offer the same music into an

Floating Amphitheatre gets fibre optic A/V system

Details: 14 March 2016

USA - FiberPlex, an audio fibre optic supplier to the systems contracting and integration industry, announced that its LightViper fibre optic digital audio transport system has been installed in Crane's Roost Park, a multi-use venue located in a rejuvenated green space in the city of Altamonte Springs, FL. Audio/video systems integrators Teer Engineering recently completed the first phase of a large-scale, sophisticated audio/video system installation including the upgraded venue's 900-seat amphitheatre that features a 100' X 60' "floating stage" on the park's 37-acre lake.

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