TOMCAT Completes a Cycle

Tuesday, May 2, 2006 || TOMCAT Global

TOMCAT USA’s latest collaboration with the San Francisco Opera is further evidence that our staging isn’t just for rock ‘n roll anymore.

Working with the Washington Opera, the San Francisco group produced Rheingold – the first in Wagner’s Ring Cycle. The companies will produce one opera a year from the cycle culminating in a presentation of the full cycle in 2010.

For such a large undertaking, the design staff wanted a modular aluminum flat system that would replace their traditional wooden flats. These frames are connected to form four portals, spanning the stage and adding depth and perspective to the scenery. Portals 1 and 4 have independent legs that can be flown separately from the entire portal. Painted material is stretched across the frames to complete the look of the customized scenery.

All four portals are 75’ wide and range in heights from approximately 27’ to 45’ and are comprised of ten to sixteen separate flats joined by insert sleeve connections. Working with the opera company, TOMCAT USA designed a system that is easily assembled and transported: precisely what is needed for a set that will travel back and forth between Washington DC and California over the coming years.

TOMCAT USA is proud to be a part of such an ambitious undertaking – one that is sure to thrill opera fans on both the east and the west coast.