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Vancouver Opera, ''Stickboy''

Vancouver

Three Rear-projection screens made of the film RNV - Nevada with Digital printing will be the canvas for the video background of the opera.
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The central screen, which height is around 6.5 m.The trapezoidal shape of the screens is made more complex by their curved and twisted sides ...
... that give a sort of tridimensionality to their surfaces.The streaked and blurred effect toward the sides, that focuses the eye to the center of the RNV - Nevada screens ...
... transforming them in the dirty glasses of three windows that look out on the memories of the protagonist ...
... is obtained with Digital printing.
The libretto of the opera is based on the childhood bullying story ...
... experienced by the Canadian poet and writer Shane Koyczan.The oppressive school background ...
... is projected ...
Stickboy
Opera in three acts
Music
Neil Weisensel
Libretto
First night
Vancouver, Vancouver Opera, 23/10/2014

Scenography
Drew Facey
Costume design
Carmen Alatorre
Video design
Giant Ant
James Nesbitt
Light design
Itai Erdal
Scenographical realizations
GNW Scene Shop
Technical direction
Dan Paterson
Musical direction
Leslie Dala
Stage direction
Rachel Peake

Staging
Vancouver Opera of Vancouver
Season
2014

Video & Documentation

Vancouver Opera, ''Stickboy''

Materials used in this production

Digital printing rear-illuminated backdrops

Rear-projection screens

Rear-projection screens

RNV - Nevada

Rear-projection films

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