

These were used to great effect to open up the stage toĭepict the cemetery where Christine visits her father’s grave the lavishīackdrops for the three mini-operas (“Hannibal,” “Il Muto,” and “Don Juan Rear of the stage, sliding video screens were located below them while a larger With the orchestra perched on a bridge above the Was the use of video screens as an element of the set design. One of the new and most unusual aspects of the presentation Red Death appears at the Masquerade ball (photo: Alastair Muir)

At a few moments the cameras were not focused on the right performerĪt the right time and probably proved a detriment how each actor’s performanceīarry James, Wendy Ferguson and Gareth Snook (photo: Alastair Muir) Unfortunately this scene and others were marred from some poor Sides and serving as an entrance and exit for the actors and one sliding ontoĬenter stage. Probably the best use of the massive Albert Hall stage is during the ‘Masquerade’ sequence where what appears to be a hundred colorfully costumedĪctors on not one but three grand staircases (two of which are fixed on the
