STAGE
RIGGING
CURRENT
FUTURE
LIGHTING
Over the last 60 years, the development of Lyric’s endowment has
provided the foundation for an opera company recognized across the
world for its artistic excellence and fiscal responsibility.
Building our
endowment to current industry best practice is a crucial part
of achieving the vision of Breaking New Ground.
Endowment
contributions, whether as cash, bequests, or planned gifts, will ensure a
strong, vibrant future that builds on Lyric’s extraordinary achievements
to reach new levels of excellence, innovation, and relevance to our city.
We invite your participation in the Breaking New Ground campaign
to help fortify our endowment and ensure our next 60 glorious years!
Please call 312-827-5723 for information on how to make a gift toward
Lyric’s endowment.
STRENGTHENING
OUR
ENDOWMENT
Lyric’s stage crew must use a traditional counterweight rigging system
to hoist curtains, lights, scenery, stage e ects, and more from in and out
of the audience’s view. The lines are loaded and manipulated manually.
Upgrading to a motorized system will improve stage labor e ciency, as
well as safety and reliability.
Lyric’s conventional lighting will be replaced in part by
computer-controlled, automated moving lights, with the
ability to pre-program a wide range of stage lighting “looks,”
including focus, color, and pattern. Advances in lighting
technology make possible significant savings by streamlining
the process of hanging and focusing these lights.
CURRENT
FUTURE
