solutions
opera house
A protected interior, an orchestra that disappears into the pit, and singers who cannot hear what they are singing against
AMADEUS ACOUSTICS | OPERA HOUSE
THE STRUGGLE
The pit absorbs the orchestra before it reaches the stalls, so the balance the conductor hears is not the balance the audience hears
The building is listed. Reflectors, canopies and structural changes are either refused outright or take years of consent.
Singers on stage are isolated from the pit, with too little of the orchestra reaching them to lock in on pitch and timing.
how we solve it
An invisible active acoustics system rebalances pit and stage electronically, lifting the orchestra into the house without amplifying it into a PA sound.
Voice lift supports spoken passages and recitative without putting a visible microphone anywhere near a performer
A virtual orchestra shell gives the pit the reflections a built shell would provide, in a house where no shell can be installed.
what the venue achieves
Clear, reliable foldback for performers, from the first rehearsal.
A calibrated balance of soloists, chorus and orchestra that reaches every seat, from the front stalls to the highest balcony.
Heritage status untouched, because nothing is built, moved or removed.
where we used it
ART Acoustics, ART Voice Lift
THEATER AN DER WIEN
The newly renovated Theater an der Wien now features Amadeus system, delivering immersive acoustics for world-class performances, including the Vienna Symphony Orchestra.
ART Acoustics
MARIA DE BUENOS AIRES - GRAZ OPERA
For this complex opera production with a stage width of more than 30 meters Amadeus Acoustics created an immersive experience for the audience.
ART Acoustics
MOZART’S REQUIEM - HALLE E
When stage director Romeo Castellucci and Ensemble Pygmalion’s musical director Raphaël Pichon premiered their interpretation of Mozart’s requiem at Festival d’Aix-en-Provence in 2019, the work was instantly praised as a modern masterpiece.
Amadeus ART integrates seamlessly with the AV infrastructure a venue already runs, and stays brand agnostic: it works with quality loudspeakers, microphones, amplifiers and mixing desks from every major manufacturer, and talks to the control and show systems already in the rack.
“Normally, we can only adapt ourselves in a performance situation: the piano and the space are given parameters. With Amadeus, the space becomes alive and offers a myriad of artistic opportunities for different styles”
Giuseppe Guarrera
Pianist