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Corona: San Francisco Opera stages ‘The Barber of Seville’ outdoors with Ayrton Perseo-S fixtures

The San Francisco Opera utilised a complement of Ayrton Perseo-S fixtures when it brought opera back to town in a COVID-safe outdoor production of Rossini’s ‘The Barber of Seville’ at Marin Center in San Rafael, California.

‘The Barber of Seville’, directed by Matthew Ozawa, ran from April 23 - May 15 at Marin Center where the audience pulled up their cars alongside the lagoon with the hills of Marin in the background. They watched the production, on a custom-built stage with LED videowalls, from their vehicles.

“We have staged concerts before in Golden Gate Park, but nothing to this extent has been produced outside in the three years I have been with the company”, notes Justin Partier, Lighting Director for the San Francisco Opera. “We considered several venues and found Marin Center to be the best location. So we constructed a stage and used the set from a yet-to-be-produced production of ‘Fidelio’ in a new configuration.” Felix Lighting of Burlingame, California supplied the Ayrton fixtures.

Partier says that Perseo’s gobos were especially in demand for the production: “Any time the four video panel back walls were in the open position we painted gobos onto them with the prism.” Lighting Designer was Jax Messenger, Matthew Ozawa was the Stage Director. Alexander V. Nichols was the Scenic and Projection Designer. Assistant Lighting Designer was Nathan Scheuer, Anna McGriff was the Lighting Programmer.

(Photos: Stefan Cohen/Ayrton)

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