Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: "Andre Barbe is in awe of the commitment he's found at Pittsburgh Opera, where work is proceeding intensely on a new production of 'Turandot' he's designed with stage director Renaud Doucet.
'There is so much activity. Everybody is involved from 10 in the morning to 10 at night, three services a day. Usually in the theater, you have six weeks for a big production, but we have three weeks here,' says Barbe, who designs sets and costumes. 'It is fascinating for me to see the involvement of people who have been doing this for 20 years.'
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It's neat to see that the scenographer receives equal billing as the director and conductor in this article. I am also intrigued by the common practice in opera of several companies going in on a production: here it mentions five; by sharing production elements, each is able to partake in a show with a larger scope than any would be able to produce individually. The detail that they're using the original gongs is also something that I appreciate although it might not be clear from the final production. Hopefully I'll get the chance to see this.
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