Mikki Kunttu brought Richard Wagner’s epic “Der Ring des Nibelungen,” also known as the Ring tetralogy, to a breathtaking conclusion at the Finnish National Opera with the performance of the monumental, nearly six-hour-long “Götterdämmerung” featuring Claypaky Xtylos, the world’s first laser-based beam lighting fixture. The first installment of the Ring cycle, “Das Rheingold,” was performed…
Again, this year, Claypaky played host to the students enrolled in the Master in Lighting Design and LED Technology, organized by the Polytechnic University of Milan. This course has long been devoted to nurturing the talents of aspiring young lighting professionals. The Master aims to equip them with the skills they need for diverse applications…
‘Raffa in the Sky’ is a tribute opera to the iconic figure of Raffaella Carrà, a prominent Italian TV personality also renowned internationally. It is the story of an artistic career that not only evolved with the changes in Italian society over the last half a century but occasionally inspired them. Through Carrà’s extraordinary experience,…
A $140 million redevelopment program by the state of Victoria’s government has transformed the Geelong Arts Centre into Australia’s largest dedicated regional arts center boasting two new theaters alongside new bars and event spaces. The upgrade includes the installation of 28 Claypaky Sinfonya Profile 600s, unique, low-noise LED-based fixtures conceived and developed exclusively for the…
Puy du Fou, the theme park located in the Vendée a region in western France, presented its new original creation in early April, when it reopened. The new show, entitled “Le Mime et l’Etoile” (The Mime and the Star) plunges the audience into the heart of the belle époque and silent cinema, with sets, costumes…
With the goal of achieving a more environmentally friendly, energy efficient and sustainable lighting rig, the Schauspielhaus Graz in Graz, Austria has upgraded its main stage with an array of Claypaky fixtures. Vienna-based LB-electronics GmbH, a distributor of high quality and innovative broadcast technology, provided 15 Claypaky Sinfonya Profile, 15 Arolla Profile MP and eight…
Lighting Designer Simon Trottet selected 25 Claypaky HY B-EYE K25 LED moving head washlights and 54 Claypaky Tambora fixtures for the stunning new production of Puccini’s “Turandot” at the Tokyo Nikikai Opera Theatre. The new interpretation of the composer’s unfinished opera had its world premiere at the Grand Theatre de Geneve in Geneva, Switzerland last June, where Trottet is the Lighting Designer, and will play engagements worldwide. The immersive…
Jacob Kaplan has learned a valuable life lesson early in his burgeoning lighting design career: It never hurts to ask. A high school senior at Fusion Academy Plano, Texas, Kaplan is also the Lighting Designer for NTPA (North Texas Performing Arts) Collegiate Pursuits, a troupe launched in fall 2022 to offer a bridge to the collegiate and professional theater worlds via a quality…
The Teatro Donizetti is a true institution in the city of Bergamo. It was built in the late 18th century and was originally named Teatro Nuovo (new theatre). It has been the city’s most important opera house for more than two centuries and hosts an extremely intense schedule of plays, operas and symphonic music. In…
In a transition to the newest generation of LED moving light fixtures, The Vienna State Opera has replaced its Claypaky HMI luminaires with Claypaky Arolla Profile MPs, the smallest and lightest moving head in its class. While small in stature, the Arolla Profile MP delivers powerful light output with its 470 W white LED engine…
Mikki Kunttu, Finland’s most successful lighting designer and visualist, marked his 50th birthday with a four-day celebration, “In the Light Mikki Kunttu” at Tampere Hall in Tampere, Finland. The festival saluted Kunttu’s impressive and diverse career with a concert performance of “The Planets” by the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra, a gala evening, an exhibition and a…
Believed to be the first production in Singapore to feature Claypaky’s Tambora Batten, the revival of “The LKY Musical” recently concluded its run at the Sands Theatre at the Marina Bay Sands. Lighting Designer Gabriel Chan chose 24 of the high-powered, feature-rich batten fixtures to provide backlighting and effects lighting for the show, presented by…
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