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Clay Paky lights Baglioni & Morandi

Following the success of the September 2015 concerts in the Arena Centrale of the Foro Italico in Rome and two evenings on live TV on RAI Uno in October, Italian duo Baglioni & Morandi have embarked on a new series of three-hour concerts in 2016, consisting of fifty memorable Italian songs from the last fifty years. A group of 21 multi-instrumentalists performed on a high-tech stage hosted in the sports halls of various Italian cities.

"Every sports hall has its own characteristics. We needed to design a stage able to accommodate the musicians and artists regardless of the size of the venue. On the basis of our outdoor experience in Rome, we decided to use a 'terraced' stage,” Lighting designer Carlo Pastore explains.

“After last year's experience, we went back to working with a symmetrical stage and exploiting the horizontal surfaces of terraces, which reach a height of 15 feet (4.5 metres) at the back of the stage. The vertical front faces of the terraces were used to fix LED screens. The same step-like configuration was used upside down above the stage, with more vertical LED display strips placed to cover the battens on which the lights were hung.”

There were two platforms at the sides, one with a piano and the other with a double bass, where Claudio Baglioni and Gianni Morandi gave acoustic performances of their hits. They were like two islands, connected by a parterre. Then there were three steps before you climbed up the terraces towards the orchestra.

“I needed small, space saving lights, which would not block the view of the video strip behind them. The first choice was conditioned by the size of the light. And I needed spotlights. I asked for Clay Paky Mythos (26), Sharpy (42) and Alpha Spot 700 HPE (40) units,” says Pastore. “It is the first time I have used Mythos lights on tour.” Agorà provided the lighting equipment.

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