This year, the festival lighting in San Remo's Ariston Theatre featured 33 Robe ColorSpot 1200E ATs, used nightly by Rai Television for five days of live broadcast between 9 and 12pm. Lighting equipment was supplied by Arco Multimedia Group from Roma, owned by Luciano Vinciguerra. The lighting director was Giuseppe Quini, who also specified the Robe fixtures. Quini worked alongside his programmers, Fabio Roberti and Lorenzo Gaviglio, and head electrician, Giovanni Leo. They used Compulite Sabre and Spark controllers.
Quini has previously used the Robe ColorSpots on other TV shows including Il cielo è sempre più blu, and he says he likes the product for its versatility and affordability. "The gobos are so beautiful," he says, "they make it such a powerful light."
The next event on which he will use them is 54th Eucharistic Congress in Bari, in the presence of the new Pope.
(Lee Baldock)
