Audio
The Recording of "Cosi fan tutte" (Mozart) was rather a traditional setup for the orchestra pit. With a total of 36 Microphones on our standard Crockwood and Optocore preamps.
Because of visibility we did not install the standard Decca Tree but 4 omni (DPA) on the string sections Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola and celli. The Double Bass was recorded with a U87. On the Woodwinds there was a couple of Schoeps MK2 and a Sennheiser MKH40 on the Horns. The Trumpets had a AKG C414 and the timpani a DPA 4006. On the Pianoforte we installed a pair of Neumann KM184.
because the set was very open and deep we had to hide some DPA 4061 Microphone in the set,
in adition to the proscenium of Schoeps MK4V and Schoeps MSTC (ORTF), all on stands in the pit. Since it was a small orchestra the position of these microphones in the pit was not a big problem for spill of the orchestral sound in the vocal microphones. Some hypercardiode microphones (Schoeps & Neumann) were hidden on stage for the choir that was singing upstage.
