Summary
When the Cannon Center for the Performing Arts opened in 2003, it was primarily a symphonic venue, not a musical theater hall, which is partly why the orchestra pit isn't nestled under the stage but situated well in front of it - a giant hole formed when the forward part of the stage (also known as the apron) is lowered. Fill it with water and you could train dolphins in it - it's that huge.
An opera may look more at home in the gilded Orpheum theater, but it sounds fuller at the Cannon Center, where the music rises unhindered from the pit and ripens expansively in the generous acoustical environment.See the full content of this document
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Acoustics Impart Warmth to Opera
Those who attended "The Barber of Seville" Saturday night were rewarded with a great-sounding ...
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