Ute Lemper Live on Stage: the 9 Secrets

(25/05/2015) After many years Ute Lemper, one of the few German world stars, returned to the Ruhrfestspiele in Recklinghausen with an interpretation of Paulo Coelhos The writings of Accra - 9 secrets while the great German filmmaker Volker Schl ndorff has delivered the idea of the projection of a landscape of ruins on a cyclorama: Stars shine. It dawns. The sun rises over the horizon, a day takes its course. The projection shows us in fast motion the play of clouds and cloud shadows on the ground. We see landscapes in wide-screen panorama, and only the crumbling walls let us suggest that here once humans have seemed.

The pictures let arise a sense of timelessness, a sense that this planet has existed long before humans and will exist long after them. In fact, these images created a strong visual element in the stage action, an own composition of light and shadow, competing with Ute Lempers compositions on the texts from Coelhos 9 secrets. She vocalized the strong emotions that the wisdom of the Brazilian author have triggered in her, sang them out into the world - while excellent international six-member band supported her with a knowledgeable knotted tapestry of sound including elements of chanson, jazz, Latin American and Arab sounds. Ute Lemper explaines: I have digged deep in my heart to grasp the essence of these wonderful lines and to find a corresponding beauty and harmony in music.

Ute Lemper performs on 10 May at the Ruhrfestspiele

Ute Lemper performs on 10 May at the Ruhrfestspiele

Ute Lemper performs on 10 May at the Ruhrfestspiele

Ute Lemper performs on 10 May at the Ruhrfestspiele

Ute Lemper performs on 10 May at the Ruhrfestspiele

The 100 minute performance was covered live with nine cameras for arte concert on 10 May by a skilled team of video professionals around Bettina Erhard (Vision Director) and Max Penzel (Vision Design) with the support of TopVision's HD OBVan 2 and an UpLink van of CrossCast.

The screen for the Cyclorama was delivered and installed by H hnerbach Veranstaltungstechnik Duisburg while the three high definition projectors (Panasonic PT-D221 Pegasus) were delivered by Team Technik Recklinghausen. Delil Aziz adjusted screen and rear projectors and together with Sebastian Lempe of M he delivered a perfect edge blended and worped signal on to the Cyclorama which formed the cinematic backdrop for Ute Lempers performance on stage. Volker Schl ndorff's idea of time lapse recording of an ancient landscape was realized by Christoph Malin and Max Penzel in Tunesia. After some post-production the signal was projected in a resolution of 3,924 x 1,200 pixel and amazed the audience with brilliant colours.

To cover Ute Lemper's performance infront of the Cyclorama the team TopVision has set-up nine cameras on and in front of the stage. The two lead cameras were Sony HDC-1000s while the handheld cameras on stage were Sony HDC-1500s. A Blackcam track camera was equipped with another HDC-1500 on a remote head. One more HDC-1500 with an 86x zoom lens was located in one of the VIP lounges and supported the two lead cameras. All Sony cameras were equipped with Canon lenses. In addition we saw two remotely operated DomeCams on stage and one fixed HD1200 camera from LMP Lux looking onto the piano.

One of the main cameras

Fixed mini camera HD1200 overlooking the piano

Remotely operated camera on a Blackcam track

Camera for beauty shots

Main camera positioned in one of the VIP lodges

All camera shading was done in TopVision's OBVan 2 and the aligned signals than were displayed in the production gallery where director Bettina Ehrhardt together with vision mixer Sabine Quiter and partitur reader Margita Linde performed the live mix. Audio for the live signal was mixed on a Stagetec Aurus by J rg Goertz.

The HD SDI signal with embedded audio was then handed over to the CrossCast UpLink Van who transferred the signal via a Dorson 80cm antenna to the Limelite contend delivery network (CDN) in Frankfurt from where it was delivered to arte for distribution to the www with a guaranteed bandwidth of 3Mbit.

Additional Production Information:

Ute Lemper was performing with a Neumann microphone while the instruments were covered with DPA microphones. FOH console was a Yamaha CL5 and was operated by Massimo Carli while for the monitor mix a Yamaha CL3 did the job. Fohhn Loudspeakers were used for PA and monitoring. Stage lighting was carried out with a Strand Lighting console.

CreditsIdea, Concept, Music Ute Lemper

Text Paulo Coelho, based on his book Manuscript Found in Accra

With

Ute Lemper Singing and musical director

Henri Agnel Arabian Guitar

Idriss Agnel Percussion and Arabian Guitar

Vana Gierig Piano

Romain Lecuyer Bass

Philippe Botta Arabian flute and saxophone

Massimo Carli Tonmeister

Cinematic Arrangements

Artistic Director Volker Schl ndorff

Vision/Image Design Max Penzel

Timelapse Photographie Christoph Malin

Montage/Editing Sebastian Lempe

Production in Tunesia Mabrouka Khedir

Production and Execution m-quadrat

Ruhrfestspiele

Festival Director Dr. Frank Hoffmann

Administrative Director J rgen Fiedler

Assistant to the Festival Management Lilja Kopka

Artistic Administration Elisa Kock

Stage Supervisor J rgen B denbender

Sound Supervisor Corinna Wolfsteiner

Sound Engineer Sandro Grizzo

Lighting Supervisor Annette Dell Aere

Video Technician Delil Aziz

Best boys Thorsten Engels und Mirko Bartos

Live-Recording

OBVan TopVision

Technical Manager Achim Jendges

Disposal Kerstin Fluhrer

OBVan Manager Manuela Pr stel

Uplink Crosscast

Cameras Patrick Feller, Ralf Lenzen, Daniel Taenzer, Benjamin Paxmann, J rgen Koch

Domecams J rg Pohlig

Black Cam Operator Stefan Zimmer

Sound Director J rg Goertz, Sebastian Riederer von Paar

Vision Mixer Sabine Quiter

Partitur Reader Margita Linde

Vision/Image Des

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