Since 1996, the Quarry of St. Margarethen in Europe has been the predominant meeting point for the international opera lovers. Offering the popular and high-grade opera productions with high-quality appeal, festivals are equally attractive both for demanding visitors as well as for international opera stars and music greats.
In 2021, Media Apparat, as part of the leading team, was responsible for video design and the overall production of the visual content seen as projections on the stage set.
Client: ARENARIA GmbH, Schloss Esterházy
Director: Thaddeus Strassberger
Stage design: Tate dePoo
Light design: Jax Messenger
Digital production and video design: Media Apparat
Musical direction: Walter Zeh
Costumes: Guiseppe Palella
Video footage: Media Apparat, Oper im Steinbruch
To build on the remarkable success of recent years, the focus in the production of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Zauberflöte in 2019 has mainly been laid on storytelling. Under the direction of Cornelius Obonya and Carolin Pienko, Media Apparat makes probably the most popular and well-known opera with completely new images to shine. At the center of the production is the cloud tunnel, a fantastic formation of giant balls created by the stage designer Raimund Bauer. The famous scenes of fire and water are impressively placed in this specific setup via exact projection mappings.
Client: ARENARIA GmbH, Schloss Esterházy
Director: Cornelius Obonya, Carolin Pienkos
Stage Design: Raimund Bauer
Light design: Friedrich Rom
Digital production and video concept: Media Apparat
Visual Scene Development: Atzgerei
Musical direction: Karsten Januschke
Costumes: Gianluca Falaschi
Media Apparat was entrusted with the production of Giuseppe Verdi’s Rigoletto in the year 2017. Under the direction of opera director Phillipe Arlaud, an impressive and modern interpretation emerged as a result of close collaboration.
The visual content for opera Rigoletto is exemplary as the job of Media Apparat. The newest technologies, years of experience and various media were diversely combined to create an unforgettable experience.
Credits Rigoletto
Project: Rigoletto - Oper im Steinbruch
Director: Philippe Arlaud
Digital Content Production: Media Apparat PHQ GmbH
Client: Arenaria GmbH
Partner-Agency: Habegger Austria GmbH
During the performances of the opera Tosca in the year 2015, Media Apparat was responsible for the production of the visual content for over 340 m2 of LED screens on stage. Special challenge was to produce the very comprehensive content for the entire duration of the opera of more than two hours.
We had worked on the visual production in narrow collaboration with Hollywood director Robert Dornhelm and stage designer Amra Bergman for several months. The result was a harmonious fusion of the classic opera production with the innovative multimedia staging.
Client: ARENARIA GmbH, Schloss Esterházy
Director: Robert Dornhelm
Stage Design: Amra Bergman
Digital Production: Media Apparat
Art Direction: David Razzi
CGI: Adi Markusich, Philipp Magyar, Ferdinand Glück, Jürgen Rabatscher, Richard Nagy, Tom Stockinger, Rafaela Burdis
Fotos: Andreas Tischler, Rene del Missier, Bernhard Weber
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