Singapore – The Claypaky Mythos was exclusively selected to power the first ever moving-light display at Singapore’s famous New Year’s Eve firework event, the ‘Marina Bay Singapore Countdown 2017’ (MBSC 2017) presented by the national performing arts centre ‘Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay’. Sixty Mythos fixtures were chosen by Singapore-based special effects company Intermay Magix and supplied by...
Italy – Emma Marrone's Adesso Tour 2016 stopped off at all the major sports halls on the Italian peninsula, along with a dynamic stage installation and an interesting lighting rig put together by lighting designer Mamo Pozzoli. The Claypaky A.leda B-Eye K20s were most impressive and stole the show with stunning features. They are top performance wash lights, breathtaking beam lights, and...
USA – The 18 Claypaky Scenius Profile fixtures recently acquired by the Canton, Massachusetts office of High Output Inc. for its rental inventory have hardly spent a moment on the shelves. The moving head spotlights at the top of the Claypaky range experienced a busy general election season and continue to service many national broadcast and corporate projects. “We’re excited to have Scenius...
Italy - A musical masterpiece returns to the stage at the Teatro Manzoni in Milan. The moving scenery designed by Cristiano Colombi dynamically creates the various different settings. All of them recall the Upper West Side of New York, where the story is set, and Claypaky's light beams shine out. Federico Bellone was asked to direct the show: "To set the scene, I decided to focus on two elements...
USA – Three giant smokestacks at an abandoned power plant in Morro Bay, California came alive with vivid colored lights and patterns in a pair of “guerrilla-style” art projects featuring Claypaky A.leda B-EYE K10 fixtures. Morro Bay is a town of 10,000 people on a picture-perfect slice of the California coastline near San Luis Obispo. It boasts a rock one-third the size of The Rock of Gibraltar...
Germany - The AIDAprima, the latest addition to the AIDA Cruises fleet, was christened in Hamburg on 7 May 2016. The ship has many attractions, like the Beach Club with Caribbean feel for 365 days a year, and the Four Elements area with water slides and climbing walls, not to mention first class entertainment. The choice of lights on board the AIDAprima fell on Claypaky and Lightpower, owing to...
Italy – Following last year's success, Unogas and the municipality of Sanremo presented UnoJazz Sanremo 2016 from Monday 15 to Saturday 20 August 2016. This international jazz festival brought the City of Flowers, as Sanremo is known, back to the centre of the international music scene. Gianmarco Maccario and his Pico Service provided the lighting system for the entire six-night jazz-only...
Showlight 2017, Florence, Italy, 20-23 May 2017 Looking for a last minute Christmas present? What about a ticket to Showlight 2017? With Showlight 2017 only 6 months away, plans and preparations are well underway for the next instalment of this industry-favourite lighting quadrennial which takes place from 20-23 May in Florence, Italy. Speakers are gathering: The first tranche of speakers were...
Italy - Following the extraordinary success of their summer tour, and after winning the 65th edition of the Sanremo Music Festival and representing Italy in the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest, Il Volo have given a long series of performances in Italy and abroad this year. Show designer Francesco De Cave, who was called upon by the production team to create a new show image, used Claypaky lights to...
Moscow – The three-act melodrama Simon Boccanegra is characteristic of Giuseppe Verdi's determination and modernity. It was staged at the Bolshoi Theatre, which is fitted with a number of Claypaky lights, and broadcast live on a giant screen in front of the theatre itself. This Verdi opera rounded off the La Scala summer tour in Moscow. Simon Boccanegra is an opera by Verdi based on a libretto by...