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A Night at the Opera
Corbett Lighting celebrates the LA Opera’s 30th Anniversary Corbett Lighting was thrilled to take part in the LA Opera’s 30th Anniversary Concert and Dinner Gala by providing Shoji pendants as part of the “Madame Butterfly” Japanese decor. “Madame Butterfly,” an operatic staple by Giacomo Puccini, tells the tragic story of a young geisha who is abandoned by her American husband in turn-of-the-century Nagasaki, Japan. Renowned singers Plácido Domingo and Renée Fleming reunited for this one-night-only performance of many of the opera’s greatest arias and duets, joined by James Conlon leading the LA Opera Orchestra. Afterwards, 250 guests dined onstage at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion surrounded by the “Butterfly” scenery and props, with Corbett’s Shoji pendants hanging above the tables for overhead dining ambiance lighting. Shoji is a delicate Easterninspired design constructed from handmade Japanese paper and handcrafted iron finished in a rich bonsai bronze. These pendants beautifully complemented the existing scenery and enhanced the evening.
The LA Opera’s 30th Anniversary Concert and Dinner Gala at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
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Shoji by Corbett Lighting
Corbett’s Shoji pendants, as seen at the LA Opera’s 30th Anniversary Concert and Dinner Gala Photography by Steve Cohn Photography
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