Visual Scenic creates the first opera with 3D virtual scenery in Spain

Mapping systems, holograms and 3D images make up the innovative scenography made by the Spanish company Visual Scenic for the first time in Spain for the opera 'El oro del Rhine', which has successfully opened the season in Oviedo.

The Cantabrian company Visual Scenic has been a pioneer in Spain in using mapping systems to stage an opera. His debut was the work of Richard Wagner, 'The gold of the Rhine', which has just opened the season at the emblematic Campoamor theater in Oviedo.

This 3D virtual scenography on a closed stage has been made by the Cantabrian artist Jaime Cobo, de Visual Scenic, who has achieved the approval of the public with the creation of images of great realism and impact in this opera, that are projected onto real surfaces that surround the stage, to the singers and even the assistants.

More than three months of work have been necessary for this company specialized in the mapping technique to capture this innovative technology for artistic expression in 3D., that envelops the viewer in the work, At the same time, it represents a significant saving in terms of construction and traditional assembly in this type of scenery..

Visual Scenic has used several systems for this staging, such as Cinema 4d, for designing programs in three dimensions; as well as composition like After Effects, Apple Motion y Nuke, all edited with Final Cut.

For the final composition of this mapping scenography, “We use Millumin software, specially designed for this technique in shows. It is a very new program, that appeared last year, prepared with a timeline and that allows you to launch videos in real time, which is perfect for this type of shows, with different changes of scenery, “live music and integration with actors and singers”, explains Jaime Cobo.

This provider, who has already performed mapping shows at the Santander International Festival and the Granada International Music and Dance Festival, inter alia, He has already received proposals to work in other European theaters with this technique.