The backdrop graphics provided subtle enhancements to the production, a series of silhouettes and computer-generated animations that were stylish without distracting from the drama of this early 19th-century work.
"The graphics were beautiful and amazing," stated media server programmer Martin Potoczny of Visivo Visual Design who has worked with the Maxedia system for years.
"We used all custom created content by Lava Studio of Miami who provided a hard drive with all the content segments. I then put the show together with timing and cueing using the Maxedia server and a controller. The Maxedia provided a solid playback system for our custom Full HD content. Being able to lay the show out with the touchscreen interface then program with CuebyCue mode and A/B mode was a great benefit."
Throughout the opera, the projected content portrayed a variety of dynamic set elements including artistic street scenes and different rooms. For example, when a singer hit a certain spot on stage portraits on the wall would sneer, or when a singer planted a seed in the ground a tree would grow.
The Barber of Seville ran in late February at the Sanford and Dolores Ziff Ballet Opera House at the Adrienne Arsht Centre in Miami, and at the Au-Rene Theatre at the Broward Centre for the Performing Arts in Ft. Lauderdale in early March.
(Jim Evans)
