X4 Bars Star in Ambitious Production of Eno’s the Dream of Gerontius
Thursday August 3, 2017
Lucy Carter individually pixel maps 160 of the award-winning battens at Royal Festival Hall An ambitious production of Sir Edward Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius — a collaboration between the English National Opera, Royal Festival Hall and BBC Singers, was described by lighting designer Lucy Carter as “dramatic, soulful, beautiful, calm and overwhelming.” Her aim “to map the emotions of the music in order to give the audience a visceral sensation, with all lighting textures complementary to the music” was achieved with 160 of GLP’s award-winning X4 Bars, which were used almost exclusively in the set. These fixtures formed the…