The phrase "above a stage" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is positioned higher than a stage, often in a theatrical or performance context.
Example: "The spotlight was positioned above a stage, illuminating the performers as they took their places."
Alternatives: "over the stage" or "atop the stage".
By a look and a gesture, electricians high above a stage describe the sad squawks an opera singer is giving below them.
In the piano part of "Extase" (again Duparc) singular tension and power never raised its musical voice above a stage whisper.
She pointed out an opening in a wall above a stage door that allowed tall sets to be rolled from a work space onto the stage -- an unusual feature in any theater, she said -- as well as the stairway leading from the basement to the orchestra pit, the trap door set into the stage and sound effects like an old-fashioned, cylindrical rain machine.
But a stage can also be a remarkably complex machine with areas for scene-changing equipment, such as wing space (at the sides of a stage), trap rooms (below a stage), fly spaces (above a stage), and rear stages (at the back of the stage), all of which also allow for multiple entrances and exits for the actors.
The columns sit on projecting bases above a stage, producing a 3D effect.
Any idea that Esslin's comparison is far-fetched is scotched by Bennett's own admission that he was partly inspired by a Polish play, The Glorious Resurrection of Our Lord, that he saw at the 1967 World Theatre Season and which featured choirboys singing above a stage-wide screen.
Over $2M in ARR puts you above most Series A-stage companies.
At one end of the court was a stage, above the other a balcony.
A caged perch above the bar becomes a stage for a go-go dancer.
My first glimpse of the creature comes from a vantage point in a gallery two floors above a sound stage.
In Faust (1997), he positioned a circular mirror above a revolving stage, so a lounging Mephistopheles could observe the hero, his reflection hovering behind with hands folded behind his head.
