The Palau de les Arts hires 70 stage technicians for its first season

05.08.2006

A total of seventy set design technicians have already joined the staff of the Valencian opera house to work on the operatic and musical productions of the Palau de les Arts' inaugural 2006-2007 season, which begins this October. A total of 1,800 people applied to the selection process, which began last April, for various positions including stagehands, lighting technicians, audiovisual technicians, stage machinery operators, logistics (transport and stage maintenance), prop masters, costume designers, and hair and makeup artists.
The scenic and artistic complexity of the operatic productions that the Palau de les Arts will offer in its first season entails the contribution of qualified technicians in different disciplines to meet the technical and artistic demands with guarantees.

Offer of 7 new technician positions

Meanwhile, the Palau de les Arts is opening a new selection process today to fill two Stage Manager positions and five Stagehand positions. Interested candidates should submit their CVs by August 16th to empleo@www.lesarts.com.

The Technical Coordinator is responsible, among other functions, for coordinating the actions of the technical and artistic staff during rehearsals, as well as supervising adherence to the script of the show during performances.

For their part, the Stagehands and Machinists have the function of ensuring the maintenance, assembly and disassembly of the sets, as well as maneuvering the stage machinery, among other tasks.

Further information about this selection process can be found on the website: www.lesarts.com

The Palau de les Arts' inaugural 2006-2007 season encompassed all performing arts genres under the common denominator of artistic quality. Opera occupied a substantial place in all its trends and styles, with the following productions: Fidelio, La Bohème, Don Giovanni, La Belle et la Bête, Cyrano de Bergerac, Simon Boccanegra, Das Rheingold, Die Walküre, L'enfant et les sortilèges, and the zarzuela La Bruja. This operatic offering was complemented by symphonic concerts by Lorin Maazel, Zubin Mehta, and Jesús López Cobos; recitals by Daniel Barenboim; a jazz opera by Milos Forman; a dance performance by Nacho Duato; and musical theater by Els Comediants, among other events.

Ticket sales for these shows begin on October 16th.