Faster than sound

Roland Olbeter

Scenographer and creator of the robots was born in Hannover, Germany. He has lived and worked in Barcelona since 1986. Formally trained as a concert violinist and naval constructor, he has worked extensively in theatre and opera, as well as for sound and movement installations. His work has a technical sophistication most uncommon in visual art and theatre. He was a Maat Collective Member together with Franc Aleu and Pere Tantiñá. His work focuses on the creation of impossible artefacts. He has collaborated in multiple scenography from the Barcelona Olympic games in 92, to collaborations with Bigas Luna, Jaume Plensa, Alfred Arribas, Enric Miralles and Xavier Mariscal, amongst others. He has designed many main pieces for La Fura dels Baus and Marcel·lí Antúnez. He developed and directed the chamber opera Orlando Furioso for 5 music robots and soprano with music by Michael Gross. He designed the thematic Pavillon OIKOS for EXPO 2008 in Zaragoza and is realising the 4 operas by Richard Wagner, The Ring of the Nibelung, together with Carlos Padrisa and Franc Aleu. Currently he is preparing an automatic puppet theatre situated in a container with music by Kats Chernin.

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