'Madame Butterfly' paper set at the Fox

Fenlon Lamb oversees the construction of the set of "Madame Butterfly" at the Fox. The set for the opera is assembled from intricately shaped paper and cardboard elements that evoke the sliding walls of a Japanese house. The paper screens, mounted on wooden frames, will be colored and textured by a high-tech projector.

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Thu., Sept. 19, 2019

Fenlon Lamb, stage director for Inland Northwest Opera’s production of “Madame Butterfly” at the Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox, examines Tuesday one of the paper-covered screens that will form the final set of the production, which will be performed Friday and Sunday. Lamb and crews were covering the wooden frames with paper and cardboard elements that will evoke the textures and shapes of ancient Japan once they are lit by a high-tech projector, which adds texture and colors to the screens.

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Brian Moore and Jefferson Ridenour cover lightweight wooden frames with paper on the set of Inland Northwest Opera’s production of “Madame Butterfly” on Tuesday at the Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox. Moore and Ridenour are light director and set designer, respectively. The paper screens will be augmented with projections of colors, textures and other elements during the production, which will be performed Friday and Sunday.

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Fenlon Lamb, stage director for Inland Northwest Opera’s “Madame Butterfly” at the Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox, watches Tuesday as the set for the opera is assembled from intricately shaped paper and cardboard elements, which evoke the sliding walls of a Japanese house. The paper screens, mounted on wooden frames, will be colored and textured by a high-tech projector. The production will be performed Friday and Sunday.

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Fenlon Lamb and Jefferson Ridenour watch Tuesday as paper is attached to wooden frames that will form the set of Inland Northwest Opera’s production of “Madame Butterfly,” which will be performed Friday and Sunday. Lamb is the stage director and Ridenour is the set designer. The paper screens will be textured and colored by high-tech projectors throughout the production.

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Lighting designer Brian Moore and set designer Jefferson Ridenour cover wooden frames with paper on Tuesday that will be augmented with project colors and textures throughout Inland Northwest Opera’s production of “Madame Butterfly” at the Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox in Spokane.

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