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DPA Microphones Heads To Nepal For Groundbreaking Opera

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DPA Microphones Heads To Nepal For Groundbreaking Opera
New York, NY (Top40 Charts) When Lucy Peckham, co-partner of Anchorage-based Both Ears Live Sound, was contacted by Greg Mitchell, a design professor at UC Santa Barbara, she knew she would be a part of something special. Mitchell was looking for a sound engineer to go to Nepal to work on the first opera ever performed in that country. Peckham recognized early that she would also need equipment capable of performing under Kathmandu's less than forgiving environment. Peckham found the solution she needed in DPA Microphones' d:screet 4061 Necklace Microphone.

Peckham first heard of DPA after attending a Live Design conference in Las Vegas. "I started receiving Live Design's online newsletter and DPA kept popping up in the articles I found most interesting," she says. "One article in particular caught my attention: DPA microphones were used to mic the entire cast and orchestra of a San Francisco Opera performance for the purpose of recording it. The idea of using wireless to capture a live performance astonished me. I did not think there was a mic out there that could handle the kind of dynamic range that opera singers produce, while also capturing the qualitative nuance of character and expression that the singers must achieve. After that, I wanted to know more about DPA."

Last spring, after attending a presentation by DPA representatives at the USITT conference, Peckham was convinced DPA was the microphone she needed for the challenging Nepal opera project she was about to undertake. "At the conference, I decided I wanted to use three d:screet 4061 Necklace microphones for the singers and a d:screet IMK-SC4061 Instrument Microphone Kit with a d:screet 4061 Omnidirectional Microphone for the saxophone," adds Peckham.

The opera, Arjuna's Dilemma, by American Composer Douglas J. Cuomo, is based on a story from the Hindu holy text, the Bhagavad Gita. It was to be staged outdoors in the world heritage site Patan Durbar Square near the end of the rainy season.

Because of the outdoor venue, an extremely small orchestra (with only nine musicians) and the varied vocal strengths of the company, all the singers and the orchestra needed to be miked, amplified and mixed. Peckham chose DPA microphones for the opera singers, Roy Stevens and Annalisa Winberg, the Hindu Temple singer Gurudev Kamat and the jazz saxophonist Inap Shrestha.

"I used d:screet 4061s for this project because of the quality of the sound they reproduce," says Peckham. "Though the whole opera was amplified and mixed, it had to sound as if it wasn't. It had to sound naturally acoustic, as opera should, and thanks to DPA, it did. The accuracy and transparency of sound reproduction without distortion, and the significant feedback rejections, are absolutely amazing."

On one particular night, Peckham was thrown a curve ball when a large street festival was set up on the other side of the wall of the outdoor venue. "As part of the festival, there were multiple drummers, instruments and several amplified vocalists," adds Peckham. "With the conductor's, composer's and director's permission, that single night I raised the overall volume of the show significantly to drown out the distraction of the street festival. Arjuna's Dilemma became a rock opera that night! There was no feedback at all and though the opera singers were amused, no one's performance suffered either. The quality of their vocal amplification was completely unchanged and they were still comfortable with the sound."

In addition to the d:screet 4061s unrivaled sound quality, Peckham also likes the microphones' rugged build and compact form factor. "The comfort of the d:screet 4061s necklace-style is excellent for performers who aren't used to being miked," adds Peckham. "In no time, they forget they are wearing them. In addition, they were also perfect for the hot, humid environment where we were performing. The d:screet 4061 Necklace Microphone has no issues with sweat to my knowledge. The opera sounded amazing and it was wonderful to be part of such a ground-breaking production."

ABOUT DPA MICROPHONES:
DPA Microphones is the leading Danish Professional Audio manufacturer of high-quality condenser microphone solutions for professional applications. DPA's ultimate goal is to always provide its customers with the absolute finest possible microphone solutions for all its markets, which include live sound, installation, recording, theatre and broadcast. When it comes to the design process, DPA takes no shortcuts. Nor does the company compromise on its manufacturing process, which is done at the DPA factory in Denmark. As a result, DPA's products are globally praised for their exceptional clarity and transparency, unparalleled specifications, supreme reliability and, above all, pure, uncolored and undistorted sound.

For more information on DPA Microphones, please visit www.dpamicrophones.com






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