LOS ANGELES — After a year of testing on stages at the Los Angeles Opera, San Francisco Opera and Washington National Opera, AGMA (the American Guild of Musical Artists) has issued a Certificate of Compliance to Interesting Products allowing the use of their LN2 (liquid nitrogen) foggers on stage by all AGMA signatory Opera and Ballet Companies. During the year of testing, the Los Angeles Opera and San Francisco Opera used the machines under a temporary waiver, creating ground fog, incense in the air and other effects. For their latest production of Wagner’s The Ring, the machines will augment the LA Opera’s dry fogger inventory with rental machines.
“We are impressed with the variety of applications giving us the possibility of again producing smoke and fog effects for our productions after years of limited results,” said Jeff Kleeman, production manager for the LA Opera.
Drew Landmesser, production manager for the San Francisco Opera, noted that the dry foggers are "less expensive to operate than the dry ice foggers that they replaced." The foggers have also won kudos from the singers and stagehands for their visual effects, ease of operation and support of a healthy performance environment.
“After a decade of providing manual and automated liquid nitrogen fog equipment for theme parks, Cirques, discos and theatrical productions, it is very satisfying to see major opera companies embrace our technologies for providing dramatic visual effects to supporting the singer’s and musician’s performances on stage,” said Larry Schoeneman, president of Interesting Products. “The Los Angeles and San Francisco Opera Companies and AGMA have been very supportive,” he added.
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