"To Be Sung"

Today was the last performance of "To Be Sung" a Lyrical opera from French composer Pascal Dusapin.  The orchestra has only 7 members and was amplified together with the 3 soloists and a narator.  The Orchestra was on stage together with the singers who moved around and had wireless microphones.  The flute, oboe and clarinet (Bb and bass) had each a schoeps MK4V, the trumpet and trombone had each one a C414.  The cello had a DPA clip on and the doubble bass had a U87.

For the voice off we tried first the U87, then the C414 a TLM 103 and finally we picked the EV RE20 as the winner on a UA4-710d preamp.  Since we were surprised by the degradation of the sound patched trough the buildings cables, we decided to install a separate preamp in the vocal booth and send it direct to the sound desk without passing trough the walls.  It sounded great, especially with the preamps full on lamp-drive.

For the recording , which was done by the RTBF, we added some ambiance mics on stage and in the hall.

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