Hard to believe this is not yet up on their European web site, but Sennheiser professional and consumer technology played a major role in Invisible Cities: the world's first large scale opera for wireless headphones.
Imagine an opera with no opera house and no assigned seats — audience members are not restricted in their movement and encouraged to roam freely.
The landmark production (with singers, dancers and an 11-piece orchestra) was a collaboration among The Industry, L.A. Dance Project and Sennheiser, was staged at Los Angeles' iconic Union Station — the largest railway terminal in the western United States.
The Invisible Cities opera, written by Christopher Cerrone and based on the 1972 novel by Italo Calvino, combines historical fiction with surrealist elements to create an 'invisible opera for wireless headphones'. Invisible Cities used Sennheiser's wireless technology to convey both dialogue and music to listeners. Performers were outfitted with Sennheiser wireless microphones and attendees will use Sennheiser's RS 120 wireless consumer headphones for an opera-house-less experience.