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The Sistine Chapel Gets Its Own High-Tech Spectacle, With Music By Sting

Now there's a new spectacle where visitors can feast their eyes on every detail of Michelangelo's masterpieces, with high-definition projections, actors, acrobats and music.
Technicians attend a rehearsal of the show <em>Universal Judgment: Michelangelo and the Secrets of the Sistine Chapel</em>, directed by Marco Balich, on March 13 near the Vatican. The Vatican Museums, which house the Sistine Chapel, provided high-definition digital reproductions of the frescoes in the hall at a reduced rate because they acknowledged the educational value of the project.

One of Rome's must-see sights is the Vatican's Sistine Chapel — but it's usually so packed, visitors have a hard time absorbing the majesty and beauty of the frescoes painted by Michelangelo.

Now there's a new spectacle in town, where visitors can sit comfortably in plush theater seats and feast their eyes on every detail of the Sistine's masterpieces.

On a Saturday afternoon in April, the Auditorium della Conciliazione just off St. Peter's Square was

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