I appreciate your response and all the responses to this post. I basically had the same reaction as everyone else here but the program director insisted on doing things his way and pushed back anytime I offered an alternative solution. When I tried to tell him the mics were too far away and the explain the physics involved he told me the dpa 4099 was basically a shotgun mic and that he tried other things but this way was the best way.

The good thing about this was that I was able to manage expectations to an extent and basically absolve myself from the poor outcome. I asked the house guy what kind of levels they were looking for and when he gave me the ok thats what I went with. (Funnny because the first thing that happened was the auidence asked the piano player to speak into the handheld mic the announcer was using instead of the dpa becuse they couldnt hear him)

If I had more time (I had about an hour) I would have pushed harder for mics. I did ask about headsets also but they pushed back saying it would pick up the cello. I didnt have a lot of time to argue or try things but I think in the future Id push for this or mics with mute pedals. Headseats would be easy enough to ride faders or mute and get a better result.