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“Parapapam” at Montreal’s Maison Symphonique lit with Chauvet

In December 2024, lighting designer Pierre E. Roy was called upon to light the holiday show “Parapapam” at La Maison Symphonique in Montreal, Canada. “The director wanted the stage to be kind of dark - but not black - to make it dramatic”, he shares. “He also wanted to make the solo artists more prominent by having most of the stage a bit subdued. When the soloists weren’t singing, the orchestra, and or choir, became more prominent and brighter.”

But the darkness also created challenges when it came to key lighting a cast that included thirty musicians and more than twice as many chorists. Complicating matters further, the soloists often roamed the stage. “When the solo artists came to do their numbers, they had specific places to sing, but of course, they never stayed on the X, so I had to follow-spot them on the show”, says Roy. “I had to rely on the fixtures on the FOH to follow them. In other words, I had their starting X and I had made myself an override sub that moved the fixtures from stage right to stage left, in addition to being focused on the operation of my show. Nevertheless, this was a very fun project and all of us were happy with how the five shows in the series turned out.”

Roy’s use of color was one reason for the lighting design’s success. Throughout the concert, he created different depths, tones, and auras on stage through color changes. “I used the colors that I felt best represented each song”, he explains. “Another designer might have chosen different colors. The choice of colors is a personal signature for every designer.”

Roy used 38 Chauvet Professional Colorado 2 Solo RGBW LED washes, supplied by Solotech. Arranging the fixtures on three levels - the stage, Balcony One, and Balcony Two - he filled the venue in deep, vivid colors from cool blues and greens to soft ambers and purples, to powerful reds that popped against the relatively subdued stage.

Beyond setting the tone on stage, the colorful lighting from the Colorado fixtures accented the architectural features of La Maison Symphonique with its curved balconies and walls and Quebec beach wood facade.

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