The Ukrainian National Opera controls its lighting with Avolites

La Antigua Diamond 4 It has been replaced by a D9 model. In addition, Its infrastructure also has a Q3 video server, y todo el vídeo y la iluminación se integran mediante el software Synergy de Avolites. El antiguo sistema de respaldo ShowSafe también se sustituirá por una consola Quartz.

The Ópera Nacional de Ucrania, conocida como el Teatro Académico Nacional de Ópera y Ballet de Ucrania, en honor a Taras Shevchenko, en la capital Kiev, ha invertido en una nueva consola de iluminación Avolites D9 que reemplaza a la antigua Diamond 4, que se encontraba en su interior desde 2002.

Reconocida por su elaborada arquitectura, su rica trayectoria artística y su importante papel en la cultura y las artes ucranianas, la actual Ópera Nacional fue diseñada por el arquitecto Victor Schröter en estilo neorrenacentista e inaugurada en 1901. La nueva consola D9 fue entregada por el distribuidor ucraniano de Avolites, MegaShow, quien también suministró la D4 hace 23 years.

La Ópera mantiene un repertorio completo a pesar de que Ucrania se encuentra sumida en una guerra brutal desde 2022, y el departamento de iluminación está encantado de dar la bienvenida a la nueva consola.

Se crearon aproximadamente 500 archivos de espectáculos utilizando la antigua D4 durante su vida útil, muchos de los cuales se han transferido a la D9 durante el verano, explica Oleksandr Sasha Mayakushko de MegaShow, who was in charge of coordinating the delivery together with his brother, Sergius.

The Opera's internal lighting equipment consists of 16 Robe Tarantulas moving lights and around 400 conventional, and will be rented in special packages for some productions as needed. Eight have also been acquired Robe T1 Profiles.

In addition to the excellent service that D4 has received over the years and that all of its designers and lighting operators are familiar with the Avolites architecture, the Opera was also looking for a powerful console, flexible and capable of reproducing video and lighting perfectly, so the D9 met all the requirements.

There are five large format projectors in the room and the shows often include a video element using a rear projection screen and two or more screens on stage.

The new season will also incorporate a Avolites Q3 video server to the control system with artificial intelligence software, and all video and lighting will be integrated using the software Synergy from the same manufacturer. The old ShowSafe backup system will also be replaced with a consola Avolites Quartz.

The acquisition of the D4 was a great advance, since the Tungsgram was also analog, and back then all entry was manual and programming was done using a laptop.

“Once we switch to the Avolites console, computerization completely changed our workflow and everything became much faster and more efficient”, declare to Ihor Samarets, Opera lighting designer. It also meant that they could start using moving lights, which was another great advance.

All shows are produced in-house by the Opera and, in general, are represented 30 works throughout a season. Besides, tours are made, both national and international.

The first show that has been performed with the D9 was the premiere of the ballet The Badly Kept Girl (The rebellious daughter), directed by Sasha, an experienced lighting designer and a strong advocate of Avolite control.

The opera employs about 800 people covering production and administration, and the lighting department currently has 25 full time employees.