The Porticada Square in Santander was packed to capacity during the lyrical concert offered by La Carroza del Teatro Real. Last Saturday, five young artists from the Crescendo program took the stage: soprano Rosa Gomariz, mezzo-soprano Yeraldín León, tenor Eduardo Pomares, baritone Alejandro von Büren, and pianist Carolina Hernández. The repertoire ranged from Mozart to Pablo Sorozábal.
Immersive sound without tricks or cardboard 🎵
For an outdoor event of this scale, the technical team deployed a sound reinforcement system with speakers distributed in an arc to cover the entire square without creating dead zones. A mix of condenser microphones was used for the voices, along with direct pickup from the grand piano. The equalization was adjusted to avoid the natural reverberation of the portico, ensuring that every note of Verdi and Dvorak reached the last standing spectator clearly.
Five artists and a piano without a carriage 🎹
The Carroza arrived without horses or wheels, but with five artists who left the audience glued to the square's pavement. The public, who expected at least a carriage with a velvet canopy, settled for top-tier voices. In the end, no one asked about the vehicle: amid arias by Puccini and Albéniz, the only concern was whether the baritone would call a taxi after the concert ended.