In Reply to: My mistake. posted by Paul_A on March 10, 2011 at 17:50:38:
Mr B = George Balanchine, and this hall was and is the home of the NY City Ballet.
Although he himself was a fine musician, Mr. B didn't want stage noise (e.g. clomping from toe shoes) traveling throughout the hall. I love the sightlines there, but I will admit that the NY State Theater acoustics were pretty dead. Great for dance, not so great for singers. I haven't been there in 15 years but improvements were definitely needed.
We do have reverb enhancement at the Hilbert Circle Theater here in Indy, home of the ISO - VERY dry hall, which is great for clarity, but IMO the hall is still on the dry side. The sound on the main floor under the first mez is horrible. Period.
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- The NY State Theater was built for Mr. B. - Harmonia 20:49:22 03/10/11 (0)