installationreport GERMANY APG sets Rebecca alight
Uniline array in A/B configuration is weapon of choice for German musical setting of classic novel, writes Dave Robinson
PLAYING NOWfor over six months on the outskirts of Stuttgart, Rebecca Das Musical has been making extensive use of APG speakers, particularly a Uniline array system and SMX15 monitors. Rebecca, written by Michael Kunze and Sylvester Levay, is a setting of Daphne du Maurier’s classic thriller, and has been resident at the Stage Palladium Theatre
Mrs Danvers gets a little hot under the collar in the finale of Rebecca
complex in the south-east of the city since moving from Vienna last year. “The nice thing is, wherever
you sit, you are not a long way from the stage,” says Hendirk Maassen, sound designer for the show.
Maassen, who worked
extensively in Europe under Andrew Lloyd-Webber’s principal audio expert Martin Levan, chose APG speakers for Rebecca after extensive listening tests with the APG crew in Paris. “I like to pull the focus onto
the stage. What I don’t like is, the actor is ‘here’, but the sound comes from ‘there’,” explains Maassen, pointing to either ends of an imaginary stage. “I’ve used APG SMX15 monitors before, they engage the room. And that’s why I like coaxial systems, because it brings dimension and a depth of sound. “Line array, for my taste, it’s amazing how loud they go, and