Christie projectors create Aida's ancient Egypt

sponsored article, 11 February 2010

One of the world's favourite opera masterpieces- Aida - is among the most popular works by Giuseppe Verdi. In October Aida was performed in a very original form on the stage of the Moscow International House of Music (MMDM). It was the first time the famous opera, which has been performed for 140 years, was accompanied by unique large-scale projections created by 360Project Company. Svetlanov Hall of MMDM was full of the spirit and icons of Ancient Egypt. The installation included two Christie Roadster S+20K, two Christie Roadster HD10K-M alongside slide projectors.

Darya Nikolskaya, General Director of 360Project said: ‘We started the implementation of this new form of classical concert performance, accompanied by large-scale projections, in cooperation with MMDM and the Moscow City Symphony Orchestra "Russian Philharmonic", some years ago when we created the visual background for a series of concerts for children - The Fairy Tale About Tsar Saltan by Rimsky-Korsakov and The Golden Cockerel by Shchedrin. Last year we showed in the same format Carmina Burana, scenic cantata by Carl Orff. The concept of such performances is to make the images of classics more comprehensible and perceivable for the modern audience'. The audience's response and interest caused by those performances resulted in the decision to create the projection show for Aida.

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