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Shadow plays: how lighting designers bring an opera to vivid life.

From: Opera Canada  |  Date: 9/22/2003  |  Author: Hoile, Christopher

"DIE STRAHLEN DER SONNNE VERTREIBEN DIE NACHT." SO RUNS THE final chorus in Die Zauberflote, praising the triumph of the powers of light over darkness. In the opera house, those in real control of the powers of light and darkness are often the least-noticed members of the artistic team. These are the lighting designers. What they do makes it possible for us not merely to see an opera but also affects how we see it.

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