10.11th - 10.17th, 2015 Shanghai Opera Week had been held on North Bund. As one of Shanghai Art Festival’s event, Shanghai Opera Week’s performance program consisted of opera Verdi La Traviata, Opera Overture Gala and Opera Arias Gala. The director of this performance is Marco Carniti from Italy, main performers are from Verona Opera and the conductor is Xu Zhong, famous conductor and pianist in China.
The stage of the performance had been set up on a boat and all shows are on the background of Hangpu River on North Bund, the mother river of Shanghai. The application of 3D sound is one of the highlight of this Opera Week. This time we used 307 speakers and 108 microphones on the spot to create an opera house without wall.
2015 Shanghai Opera Week left unforgettable and wonderful memories to all the audience. Many industry experts also very interested in this performance and gave their professional opinions after they enjoy the performance. Some of them even take a train come from Beijing to Shanghai in order to see the show.
“I’m very satisfied with the performance. You are all get huge success!”
Mr. Li Guohua, Deputy District Head of Hongkou District
“Excellent performance! Congratulate you on creating an opera house without wall!”
Mr. Chen Guangxian, director of Shanghai Symphony Foundation, former chief of symphony orchestra
“It’s really very hard to make the sound so exquisite in this kind of outdoor space.”
Prof. Chen Qiangbin, director of Shanghai Conservatory of Music’s music engineer department
“The environment structure of this place is very complex and it’s not very easy to do audio technical support for it. 3D sound is of high technical content. As I see, for the sound part, this performance is the best one of domestic live-action performance! Very succeed!”
Prof. Wu Yuebei, director of CCOM’s ( Central Conservatory of Music ) music engineering department
“I find myself in an entirely new world when I enjoy this live concert combined with 3D sound. I think this kind of way will be a development direction for future concert and outdoor performance. ”
Mr. Yanglin, famous tenor in China, of the television art committee of Chinese broadcasting, film and television joint association
“It’s shocked me very much! The sound effect is better than Grand National Theater! I will fully support Full Dimension!”
Mr. Wang Yong, consultant of the television art committee of Chinese broadcasting, film and television joint association
It’s a very unusual performance, in open place with fantastic skylines. It’s very impressing for me and it’s also a new kind of feelings of sound and really fantastic. I’m very pleasure to take part in this performance!
Daniela Schillaci, most popular soprano of Verona Opera Festival, heroine of La Traviata
“Sound effects is beyond my expectation, sound localization is very accurate. Very immersive and excellent! ”
Mr. Liu Feiguo, CEO & Founder of Guanfu Treasury