I’m stunned. Speechless. The visual beauty of the physical productions of both operas is hard to be surpassed (it’s probably the best lighting design I’ve ever seen)
Lively opera, Luis Gazzola
Lighting – in one word, the best. In a show about darkness and light, of course this aspect is a make or break. Well, Marc Heinz made it. A++
Lively opera, Luis Gazzola
The Met’s new production is a double bill of Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta paired with Bartok’s Bluebeard’s Castle. In Iolanta Marc Heinz’s lights were fantastic and created a variety of different tones on the basic unit set. Lights in Bluebeard’s Castle, once again by Marc Heinz, were superb as were the numerous projections.
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Overall, a whopping 668 lighting fixtures were deployed across the production.
“It was not so much the amount of lighting used but what the Intense lighting designer Marc Heinz
and operator Michael Seeverens did with the equipment, it looked sensational.
PLSN – Angela Marlett
The set is elegant and sensual and its delicious details are emphasized by lighting created by Marc Heinz, an excellent lighting designer from The Netherlands. His lighting brings out all the nuances of color, scatters glittering metallicity and intensifies the sophisticated interior.
Teatr – Monika Jazownik
The stage looks undeniably amazing, with a strikingly beautiful light by Marc Heinz.
De Volkskrant – Frits van der Waa,
“The huge, trendy loft designed by Boris Kudlicka and Marc Heinz’s gorgeous lighting were dominant and essential to understand the situation.”
Opera news – Larry L. Lash
“Lighting and visual effects in the second and third act are stunning.
This production is gorgeous, dream-like, sensual and seductive to look at.”
The Herald Tribune – Michael Tumelty
“Brilliant lighting effects and an imaginative use of projected film and image provide a strangely surreal backdrop to the opera’s trilogy of tableaux.”
The Scotsman – Kenneth Walton
“It is worth mentioning here the hugely role played throughout by Marc Heinz’s atmospheric and carefully targeted lighting.”
The Guardian – Tim Ashley
“The superlative lighting design of Marc Heinz supplements this effect.”
EIF Critic – Fraser Riddell
“The most successful part of this production is the minimalistic, tasteful scenery by Boris Kudlicka , supported by exquisite lighting by Marc Heinz.”
Daily Lietuvos Rytas – Jurate Katinaite
“The stunning set by Boris Kudlicka gives a sense of spaciouness and at the same time of severe confinement with the help of great lighting by Marc Heinz.”
7 Days of Art – Edmundas Gedgaudas
“All three acts were visually stunning, the lighting design of Marc Heinz supported the mystical nature of the subject superbly.”
Opera News – Luther Wade
“The design team – Boris Kudlicka (décor) and Marc Heinz (lighting) – uses a subtle combination of light, space and colour to fertilise the atmosphere of the music”
Financial Times – Andrew Clark
“The production, designed by Marc Heinz, makes good and clever use of lighting and special effects.”
The New Music Connoisseur – Martin Hennessy
“The elegantly simple sets and Marc Heinz’s sharp lighting and visual effects blends the production into a most satisfying whole.”
The stage newspaper – Brian G Cooper
“The Polish Pavilion has the added bonus of being equally mesmerising by day and by night, and also from the interior and exterior. Visually striking during the day, at night, multicoloured lights seep through the extensively punctured facade with dramatic effect.”
World Architecture News
“The lighting by Marc Heinz is beautiful, fabulous and spectacular.”
Musical News – Tim de Ligt
The set (Eric van der Palen), combined with the beautiful lighting (Marc Heinz), gives a stunning picture.
Anna Stam – Musicalvibes
ʻin the beautiful, painterly light of Marc Heinzʼ.
Kester Freriks – NRC Handelsblad
In the transparent white set (Rien Bekkers) and with the really beautiful lighting by Marc Heinz is the production a sight for sore eyes.
Hans Oranje – Trouw
The overall picture is complemented by magical lighting by Marc Heinz.
Anna Stam – Musicalvibes
What we see is a set with huge windows in which the light of Marc Heinz paints wonders of atmosphere.
Kester Freriks – NRC Handelsblad