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LD Luc Peumans Lights “Rigoletto” at Belgian Castle

Summer Opera Alden Biesen’s 2013 season production of Giuseppe Verdi’s Rigoletto

LD Luc Peumans Lights “Rigoletto” at Belgian Castle

RIJKHOVEN, Belgium —Luc Peumans, a lighting and visuals designer with Genk, Belgium-based Painting With Light, lit Summer Opera Alden Biesen’s 2013 season production of Giuseppe Verdi’s Rigoletto with a moving light rig that included six Clay Paky Alpha Profile 1200s, 12 HES Studio Colors and a grandMA 2 for control. Carlos Wagner directed this year’s production, Marnik Daert designed the set, Niels Huybrecht assisted with programming and local rental company New Lines provided the gear.

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Eventec Adds More Than 80 Robe Fixtures to Inventory

Eventec Adds More Than 80 Robe Fixtures to Inventory

AALSMEER, The Netherlands — Eventec, a leading production company based here, added more than 80 new fixtures from Robe to its inventory, including Robe Robin Pointes, LEDWash 300s and MMX WashBeams. The gear will be used for a variety of live and televised productions. Eventec also works together with other Amsterdam-area rental companies —notably Haarlem-based React — to pool their gear resources in support of large events.

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Edwin de Haan

Edwin de Haan Joins CT Holland

THE NETHERLANDS — Creative Technology announced that Edwin de Haan has joined the project management team at CT’s Holland operation. Prior to Creative Technology, de Haan spent seven years managing elaborate video productions on behalf of XL Video in the Netherlands.

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City Theatrical Plans Webinar Series Covering Wireless DMX

City Theatrical Plans Webinar Series Covering Wireless DMX

CARLSTADT, NJ — City Theatrical is offering a series of free webinars on wireless DMX including a general overview of wireless DMX (Aug. 27), a focus on the new SHoW DMX SHoW Baby 5 (Sept. 24), a focus on complex multi-universe wireless DMX systems and SHoW DMX Neo (Oct. 29), a focus on setting up permanent outdoor architectural wireless DMX systems with SHoW DMX Vero and Vero Net (Dec. 10) and a focus on the use of wireless DMX with specialized antennas (Jan. 7, 2014). All webinars are scheduled for Tuesdays, and all begin at 11am EST.

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Rockettes’ “Christmas in August” Promo Gets MagicSnow Assist

Rockettes’ “Christmas in August” Promo Gets MagicSnow Assist

NEW YORK — For the annual “Christmas in August” promotional event for the 2013 Radio City Christmas Spectacular, which took place under the venue’s marquee on Aug. 13, MSG Entertainment featured its Rockettes, Santa Claus, nativity scene animals and a freshly-carved Okamoto Studios ice sculpture along with free cranberry-apple ice pops. MagicSnow provided faux snow for the event.

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Martin MAC Viper Beam

Martin MAC Viper Beam

Harman is offering a new front lens replacement kit to turn its MAC Viper AirFX into what is effectively a new fixture, the Martin MAC Viper Beam. The final fixture in the MAC Viper line, the MAC Viper Beam has a linear zoom system that projects a very narrow pencil beam of high-intensity light. It also shares the MAC Viper AirFX’s notable color mixing system and aerial effects, along with its compact form, speed and light quality from the same 1000W source as the other Viper Family luminaires.

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Tina Emmerich with the ETC Gio at FOH in Munich. Photo: Tom Becker

ETC Gio Controls Munich Opera Festival

MUNICH – The lighting department of the Bayerischen Staatsoper (Bavarian State Opera), under the direction of Michael Bauer, specified a new ETC Gio lighting control desk for Munich Opera’s recent open-air festival. This year’s Munich Opera Festival, from June to July, kicked off with a spectacle. Richard Wagner, Giuseppe Verdi, and the Bavarian State Opera all marked their 200th birthday this year. To celebrate, the Opera staged Wagner vs. Verdi, a playful competition in which the two great composers meet each other as giant marionettes in the plaza outside the Bavarian State Opera House.

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Les Hill

Electrosonic Appoints Les Hill to Orlando Office

ORLANDO – Electrosonic has appointed Les Hill, senior systems consultant, to its Orlando office to reinforce the company’s commitment to audio-visual service and systems engineering support for Florida’s large theme park and tourist industry.  Hill will be responsible for expanding new business opportunities and building on existing partnerships. He joined Electrosonic in 2005 at the company’s Burbank, CA, headquarters and is responsible for many of Electrosonic’s West Coast and Asia entertainment projects in the museum, theme park and live entertainment markets.

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Ford Sellers

Chauvet Professional, USITT Offer LED Seminar at Disney

ORLANDO — Chauvet Professional and USITT Presents are jointly hosting a seminar, “How to Blend LED with Traditional Fixtures,” at Walt Disney World Aug. 29-30. Ford Sellers, senior product manager at Chauvet Professional (pictured here) will lead  the session, covering topics such as transitioning and replacing existing lighting with energy-saving LED fixtures along with discussions on color (narrow band vs. broad emitting) and concepts in design.

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Martin MAC Viper Quadray

Harman’s Martin MAC Viper Quadray

AARHUS, Denmark  — Harman’s Martin officially launches its new MAC Viper Quadray, adding to Martin’s MAC Viper family of moving heads. The multibeam luminaire has been deployed on international tours including the Sarah Brightman tour with lighting design by Andi Watson, and Pitbull with lighting design by Justin Geiger.

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