Figaro Technology Case Study:
The Canarias enter the world stage.
 Teatro Pérez Galdós - Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
The renovation of this historic theater was so highly important a civic project in Las Palmas that Mayor Josefa Luzardo Romano was personally involved in the project.
The city government wanted to reach an international audience. In any early planning stage, however, the team realized that the supertitle projection system that they envisioned would only serve the audience in the balcony.
That’s when a theater consultant suggested the Simultext® system from Figaro. It was thus that we had the good fortune to contribute to this process.
The titles are run on in-Ovation® titling software, allowing the balcony audience to read from the supertitle projection system. To serve the rest of the audience in the orchestra section and side boxes, we installed our Simultext® seatback display system that can offer up to seven simultaneous translations.
The installation of the multi-lingual text displays and design of the seats themselves were performed by the Catalan seating design firm, Alis.
Teatro Pérez Galdós now has a high tech amenity that is elegant and inviting to international theater audiences.
For more information, please visit Teatro Pérez Galdós
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“Figaro's titling system has elevated our new home, the Ellie Caulkins Opera House, to a state-of-the-art theatre. Our audiences are now wonderfully spoiled and their opera-going experience is world class thanks to this feature. It's hard to imagine any new or renovated theatre without Figaro.”
— James Robinson,
Artistic Director of
Opera Colorado Maestro Ricardo Muti, "They [Figaro's seatback displays] aren’t subtitles or surtitles. Instead, the display is a modern version of the libretto. Much in the way an opera afficionado follows the opera score with a small flashlight. In addition, they are a democratic means: you can decide to keep them on or turn them off.”
— Il Giornale 8 December 2002,
p23 Il maestro: “Prima della cultura ci sono I drammi della vita”
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