Allen & Heath\’s
dLive S Class mixing system was recently used at the prestigious Bolshoi
Theatre in Moscow for a performance by the Astrakhan Opera and Ballet company.
The Astrakhan
performed its production of The Damnation of Faust opera, which has been
nominated for the Russian national theatre award, The Golden Mask.
Provided by MixArt,
the dLive system consisted of a DM48 MixRack and S3000 Surface, which was used
as the FOH and monitor system. A DX32 expander rack was installed in the
orchestra pit to enable local connection of multiple orchestra microphones, and
the DM48 was equipped with a Waves network card to allow multitrack recording
and virtual soundcheck. There was also an IP8 remote controller to manage
special sound FX and playback.
\”At rehearsals
and at the last rehearsal I controlled the dLive system using the S3000
installed in the centre of the audience,\” comments Vadim Shcherbakov,
director of MixArt\’s Southern branch. \”Before the performance we put the
S3000 backstage, and I managed the sound using only a laptop with dLive
Director and an iPad with the MixPad app.\” o ignored
\”In opera, it\’s
very important that technical innovations do their work without impacting on
the character of sound,\” says Valery Voronin, the art director and the
chief conductor of the Astrakhan Theater of Opera and Ballet. \”I still
believe in the old-fashioned idea that opera is better off without sound
reinforcement, so I was especially happy to hear clear and natural sound.\”
