Figaro Technology Case Study:
Necessity is the mother of invention at BAM.
Brooklyn Academy of Music - Brooklyn, New York
The Brooklyn Academy of Music needed a new titling system.
BAM is a consummate thought-leader in the world of the performing arts – but their trusty computers belonged in a museum. They already had a screen and a projector, but if their computers died there would be no titles. Their projection software could not run on new computers and was practically obsolete.
They knew what they needed, a flexible libretto system that would let them use it as they wanted.
Production Director Dan Duro knew about Figaro’s work on titling software that we developed for Opera Houses around the world. Through continual informed improvements from the end users in-Ovation® has evolved into the award winning software it is today.
Now BAM is prepared for the future. Their forward thinking in the New York scene depends on an internationalized schedule – and they are able to perform in original languages from around the world. And now their audiences understand every word.
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“Figaro's titling system has elevated our new home, the Ellie Caulkins Opera House, to a state-of-the-art theatre. Our audiences are now wonderfully spoiled and their opera-going experience is world class thanks to this feature. It's hard to imagine any new or renovated theatre without Figaro.”
— James Robinson,
Artistic Director of
Opera Colorado Maestro Ricardo Muti, "They [Figaro's seatback displays] aren’t subtitles or surtitles. Instead, the display is a modern version of the libretto. Much in the way an opera afficionado follows the opera score with a small flashlight. In addition, they are a democratic means: you can decide to keep them on or turn them off.”
— Il Giornale 8 December 2002,
p23 Il maestro: “Prima della cultura ci sono I drammi della vita”
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