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[caption id="attachment_279460" align="alignnone" width="800"]Philips Entertainment Lighting supported the prestigious Soirées Lyrique de Sanxay opera festival, 2017. ©David Tavan.[/caption]

SANXAY, FRANCE – Philips Lighting (Euronext: LIGHT), the world leader in lighting, today announced that it has worked closely with Opera Sanxay to introduce the first-ever moving light rig for the celebrated Soirées Lyrique de Sanxay opera festival, staged from 10-14 August. The use of the latest stage lighting and control technology successfully enabled a new level of dynamic design possibilities for this highly respected outdoor spectacle. Now in its 18th year as one of France’s leading lyrical arts events, Soirées Lyrique de Sanxay maintains presentation standards as high as any international opera event.

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[caption id="attachment_279457" align="alignnone" width="800"]Temple of Divine Providence in Warsaw[/caption]

WARSAW – Robe Actor 6 and PARFect 100 LED fixtures are installed as part of the architectural lighting at the Temple of Divine Providence in Warsaw Poland, one of the most significant Roman Catholic buildings in the country. The Temple is in the final throes of construction bringing to fruition an idea that was first inspired in 1791 … shortly after the adoption of Poland’s first constitution.

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[caption id="attachment_279454" align="alignnone" width="800"]Metallica playing in the round in Europe. Photos: Jeff Yeager / Brett Murray[/caption]

COLOGNE, Germany – Metallica, which is following up the summer tour leg of its ongoing WorldWired tour in North America with a trek through the U.K. and Europe that will run from Sept. 2017 to May 2018, is traveling with 50 Solaris Flare LED fixtures, and DMX distribution based around four ProPlex IQ Two 1616 Ethernet-DMX nodes, all supplied by Premier Global Production (PGP) of Nashville, TN.

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[caption id="attachment_279436" align="alignnone" width="800"]Zero 88 PLASA 2017 Innovation Award [/caption]

LONDON – Eaton’s popular Zero 88 lighting control brand continues its winning ways … collecting a coveted PLASA 2017 ‘Award for Innovation’ for the ‘RigSync’ feature that is part of the latest version of its powerful and flexible ZerOS console software. RigSync demystifies the work of DMX addressing for console users, allowing them more time to focus on being imaginative … while the technical elements sort themselves out via the console communicating with the lighting rig.

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[caption id="attachment_279430" align="alignnone" width="800"]Oh Wonder on stage[/caption]

LONDON  –  There’s a good reason why words like “dreamy” and “ethereal” pop up often when critics write about Oh Wonder. The tightly woven male-female voices and lofty synths of this alt-pop duo seem to wrap themselves gently around listeners, sweeping them up in a transcendent musical swirl.  On their current tour in support of their album Ultralife, the group’s free-flowing sound is supported by an appropriately imaginative and far-reaching Ben Mansfield lightshow run on a ChamSys Magic Q MQ500 Stadium supplied by LeSmurf Lighting.

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[caption id="attachment_279419" align="alignnone" width="510"]Elation Accepts Awards[/caption]

LONDON – It’s hard to imagine how the 40th incarnation of the PLASA show could have gone any better for Elation Professional. Capping an exceptional show, the company’s new full-featured Artiste Dali™ LED moving head and IP-rated Proteus Hybrid™ discharge-lamp moving head were both recognized as exceptional innovation with a PLASA Award for Innovation. On hand to accept the awards were Elation President Toby Velazquez and Elation Sales Director Eric Loader.

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[caption id="attachment_279416" align="alignnone" width="793"]K-EYE wins the PLASA Award for Innovation[/caption]

LONDON –  Claypaky noted that its K-EYE HCR won the PLASA Award for Innovation at the 2017 event, held in London Sept. 17-19.

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[caption id="attachment_279410" align="alignnone" width="800"]LA Beriso with Chauvet lights in use [/caption]

ROSARIO, ARGENTINA – In their hit single “At Dawn,” Argentinian rockers La Beriso sing about the undying resilience of dreamers. It is an apt theme for this hard-rocking group of seven musicians who struggled for some years after they formed their band in the gritty port city of Avellaneda, before breaking through as one of South America’s hottest artists, an accomplishment that led Rolling Stone Argentina to proclaim them “the new hope of street rock.”

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[caption id="attachment_279407" align="alignnone" width="793"]WL's Lee Dennison[/caption]

UK – d3 Technologies’ integrated solution has been at the heart of some of the world’s most spectacular live events; from concert touring to theatre to broadcast and even architecture. The d3 software allows you to visualize, design and sequence your project before seamlessly turning your concept into a creation using one of their hardware solutions. Their new gx range, which was on show at this week’s PLASA London, pushes real time responsive content to new heights, allowing you to discover unimagined new ways to connect with your audience.

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[caption id="attachment_279404" align="alignnone" width="800"]Claypaky lights installed at Dubia Opera[/caption]

DUBAI, UAE – Dubai Opera, located in what is claimed to be ‘the most prestigious square kilometer in the world’ in Downtown Dubai, has recently purchased 37 x Claypaky A.leda B-EYE K10s as part of a technical upgrade to the event space’s lighting rigs. Dubai Opera is considered a masterpiece of contemporary architecture. The ‘dhow-shaped’ building, designed by architect Janus Rostock, houses a flexible, 1900-seat venue which can be transformed into a theatre, concert hall or ‘flat-floor’ event space.

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[caption id="attachment_279399" align="alignnone" width="800"]The Robe Robot at PLASA 2017 [/caption]

LONDON – PLASA 2017 proved a lively, energetic and vibey hub for meeting the UK’s lighting and visual designer community and other creatives commented Robe UK’s MD Mick Hannaford, words echoed by the moving light manufacturer’s CEO Josef Valchar, stating, “We have enjoyed seeing many individuals, companies and organizations from all over the UK as well as several from Europe – the quality of the visitors and the networking opportunities were really excellent this year!” The annual trade show was again staged at the Olympia exhibition center, with Robe’s large, high-impact stand right at the heart of the domed ceiling hall,

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NEU-ULM, Germany — German rock band Eisbrecher (Ice Breaker) staged a festival titled Volle Kraft Voraus (Full Force Ahead), joined by fellow rockers Lord of the Lost, Combichrist and And She Came. The hevent, staged at Ratiopharm Arena in Neu-Ulm, was lit by Martin Heining, who opted for a rig including 18 GT-1, 25 Impression X4 XL and 70 Impression X4 Atoms from GLP.

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