enhttp://www.laopera.com/60EPiServer CMS 5http://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Margie-Schnibbe/Dates/2013/5/A-Backstage-Look-at-Day-3-of-Scenery-Assemble-/The Tosca scenery arrived from Houston in three 53-foot trucks in thousands of small pieces. It normally takes our stage crew two or three days to assemble all of the pieces into a full stage setting. With rental or incoming productions, minor...http://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Margie-Schnibbe/Dates/2013/5/A-Backstage-Look-at-Day-3-of-Scenery-Assemble-/Sun, 12 May 2013 15:44:02 GMTBehind the scenesLA OperatechnicalTech DepartmentsceneryToscahttp://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Margie-Schnibbe/Dates/2013/3/Technical-Department-/Crew View: Scenery Change-over from Flying Dutchman to Cinderella from LA Opera on Vimeo . Using a time-lapse photography technique, our FOH (front of house) and backstage crewcams captured the scenery change-over from The Flying Dutchman to...http://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Margie-Schnibbe/Dates/2013/3/Technical-Department-/Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:03:45 GMTtechnicalTech DepartmentThe Flying DutchmanCinderellasceneryhttp://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Margie-Schnibbe/Dates/2013/3/Flying-Dutchman-Technical-Preparation-/Numerous puzzle pieces of scenery for our new production of The Flying Dutchman are assembled to create one cohesive and spectacular vision.  This is an early view from the auditorium looking through to the backstage. This bridge weighs nearly 500...http://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Margie-Schnibbe/Dates/2013/3/Flying-Dutchman-Technical-Preparation-/Wed, 06 Mar 2013 15:10:46 GMTbehind-the-scenestechnicalproductionTech DepartmentThe Flying Dutchmanhttp://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Margie-Schnibbe/Dates/2012/11/Madame-Butterfly-Scenery-Load-in-and-Assemble-/Madame Butterfly is a rental production new to Los Angeles. This production has come to us from San Francisco Opera via multiple 53-foot tractor trailers.  On day one, the scenery is unloaded from the trucks by the Carpenter Department, who will...http://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Margie-Schnibbe/Dates/2012/11/Madame-Butterfly-Scenery-Load-in-and-Assemble-/Wed, 07 Nov 2012 16:08:19 GMThttp://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Margie-Schnibbe/Dates/2012/10/Crew-View-Don-Giovanni-Change-over-to-The-Two-Foscari/Using a time-lapse photography technique, our FOH (front of house) crewcam captured the scenery change-over from Don Giovanni to The Two Foscari. http://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Margie-Schnibbe/Dates/2012/10/Crew-View-Don-Giovanni-Change-over-to-The-Two-Foscari/Mon, 08 Oct 2012 17:07:05 GMTBlogRootThe Two Foscaribehind-the-scenesLA OperaDon Giovannitechnicalhttp://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Margie-Schnibbe/Dates/2012/9/Technical-Department/A lot of attention has been given to the fire breather effect in our new production of The Two Foscari. The fire breather, an experienced professional, enters the stage with a lit self-extinguishing torch. On a pre-determined musical cue he fills...http://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Margie-Schnibbe/Dates/2012/9/Technical-Department/Fri, 21 Sep 2012 14:02:45 GMTThe Two Foscarifire breathertechnicalhttp://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Margie-Schnibbe/Dates/2012/8/Don-Giovanni-Scenery-Load-In/The Don Giovanni set has arrived! Seven (7) forty-foot shipping containers (over 16,000 cubic feet) of scenery and props traveled to Los Angeles from Chicago via rail and truck. Our union stage crew of approximately 50 stagehands has been extremel...http://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Margie-Schnibbe/Dates/2012/8/Don-Giovanni-Scenery-Load-In/Fri, 17 Aug 2012 18:13:39 GMThttp://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Margie-Schnibbe/Dates/2012/6/LA-MODA-DEL-CORO/After a one to two year process of working with the design team on the concept and creation of renderings and models for a new set, one of the tasks of the Technical Department is to analyze, draw, engineer and supervise construction of the scener...http://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Margie-Schnibbe/Dates/2012/6/LA-MODA-DEL-CORO/Mon, 04 Jun 2012 10:45:44 GMThttp://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Margie-Schnibbe/Dates/2012/6/La-Boheme-New-Props-for-an-Enhanced-Revival/1890 Peugeot Replica For this remount of our signature production of La Boheme, there was a desire to bring the props and set dressing into the appropriate period of the 1890s. The car was built as a replica of an 1890 Peugeot two-seater. This wou...http://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Margie-Schnibbe/Dates/2012/6/La-Boheme-New-Props-for-an-Enhanced-Revival/Mon, 04 Jun 2012 11:36:32 GMThttp://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Margie-Schnibbe/Dates/2012/5/Followspots/Followspots are bright long-throw lighting fixtures manually operated by members of our stage crew and are used to highlight performers as they move around stage. For almost all of the productions at Los Angeles Opera, we utilize between two and...http://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Margie-Schnibbe/Dates/2012/5/Followspots/Wed, 09 May 2012 14:32:58 GMThttp://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Margie-Schnibbe/Dates/2012/4/Backstage-Magic-April-2-2012/An excerpt from the Los Angeles Opera League event called Backstage Magic 2012.  This year’s event showcased pyrotechnic and smoke effects. In this clip Technical Director Jeff Kleeman talks about the company’s historic use of pyrotechnics and...http://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Margie-Schnibbe/Dates/2012/4/Backstage-Magic-April-2-2012/Wed, 09 May 2012 16:37:19 GMThttp://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Margie-Schnibbe/Dates/2012/3/Albert-Herring-Smoke-Effect/ At Los Angeles Opera when we need to provide smoke or fog effects we have a couple of options for available and safe technology. Most applications call for our liquid nitrogen (LN2) systems of which we have four machines. The machines are located...http://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Margie-Schnibbe/Dates/2012/3/Albert-Herring-Smoke-Effect/Thu, 10 May 2012 09:30:38 GMThttp://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Margie-Schnibbe/Dates/2012/3/Albert-Herring-Food-Props/Albert Herring has a number of expendable food items that are consumed by the performers and need to be replaced for every show. Variables that determine what real food items are used include the action, staging, set design, and a performer’s...http://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Margie-Schnibbe/Dates/2012/3/Albert-Herring-Food-Props/Thu, 10 May 2012 09:40:35 GMThttp://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Margie-Schnibbe/Dates/2012/2/Albert-Herring-Projections/Albert Herring is a rental from Santa Fe Opera where they did not use projections. Los Angeles Opera decided that this production would be enhanced with the addition of newly created projections. Members of the Technical Department worked for thre...http://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Margie-Schnibbe/Dates/2012/2/Albert-Herring-Projections/Thu, 10 May 2012 10:17:56 GMThttp://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Margie-Schnibbe/Dates/2012/5/Crew-View-Simon-Boccanegra-Change-over-to-Albert-Herring/The day after Simon Boccanegra opened, our FOH (front of house) crewcam captured the scenery change-over to Albert Herring. When we do more one than one opera in rep (repertory), all of the settings, props and lights must be exchanged one producti...http://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Margie-Schnibbe/Dates/2012/5/Crew-View-Simon-Boccanegra-Change-over-to-Albert-Herring/Thu, 10 May 2012 10:49:26 GMThttp://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Margie-Schnibbe/Dates/2012/2/Simon-Boccanegra-Action-Props-Onstage/In addition to the fight benches , other action props used in Simon Boccanegra include paper maps, charts and letters, hand-held torches and decorative and stage combat swords. Maps, Charts and Letters When additional maps and charts were needed t...http://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Margie-Schnibbe/Dates/2012/2/Simon-Boccanegra-Action-Props-Onstage/Thu, 10 May 2012 11:44:55 GMTBlogRoothttp://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Margie-Schnibbe/Dates/2012/1/Simon-Boccanegra-Action-Benches/When an onstage action requires a specialty object, it is the job of the props department to create whatever is required. This past week, members of our stage crew have been busy in our theater’s scene shop constructing four new benches for Simon...http://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Margie-Schnibbe/Dates/2012/1/Simon-Boccanegra-Action-Benches/Thu, 03 May 2012 14:09:10 GMThttp://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Margie-Schnibbe/Dates/2012/1/Simon-Boccanegra-Scenery-Load-in-on-January-24/Here in the Tech Department we are always excited on “load-in” day. This is the day when the scenery and props arrive at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion and are moved into the backstage area of the theater. The Simon Boccanegra scenery traveled to L...http://www.laopera.com/news/blog/Margie-Schnibbe/Dates/2012/1/Simon-Boccanegra-Scenery-Load-in-on-January-24/Thu, 10 May 2012 13:26:15 GMT