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Teatro Vittorio Alfieri

Asti (Italy)

The Traveller curtain manufactured with FOT - Otello velvet.The hall of the Teatro Alfieri at the end of the renovation works, in 2003, has a new aspect very close to the original, before the structural alterations at the beginning of the'900, when, similarly to other Italian theatres, the last orders of stages were dismantled in place of a gallery that could accommodate more spectators as possible.
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View from the stage of the Traveller curtain, here during the test of the opening mechanism.The picture shows the mechanism of the Laser rail system.Behind the curtain manufactured with FOT - Otello the safety curtain half lowered.The lining of the curtain was realized with ARI - Reps Ignitex 140, colour red.
Again the safety curtain and, on the left, the Flyloft.
The hall during the restructuring. It can be noticed the rebuilding, during its execution, of the last two orders of boxes which were dismantled at the period of the restructuring carried out at the beginning of the'900.
A detail of the decorations in enamelled stucco with gildings realized in 1860, as ornament of the front of the boxes, by the Milanese decorator Gaetano Speluzzi.
The proscenium arch with a little view of the fresco that represents the Muses and the Arts that descend on Earth sent from Jupiter, this work is realized by Francesco Gonin.
The Motorized fly facilities for flyloft placed on the Flyloft.
The Traveller curtain manufactured with FOT - Otello velvet.The hall of the Teatro Alfieri at the end of the renovation works, in 2003, has a new aspect very close to the original, before the structural alterations at the beginning of the'900, when, similarly to other Italian theatres, the last orders of stages were dismantled in place of a gallery that could accommodate more spectators as possible.
The Teatro Vittorio Alfieri is a theatre ''all'italiana'' with a horseshoe-shaped hall with four tiers of boxes and a gallery, 2.050 seats.
1858-1860
building
Project
Domenico Svanascini
Decorations
Gaetano Spelluzzi
Frescoes of the ceiling and historical curtain

Beginning of '900
replacement of the last two orders of stages, with a gallery

2003
restoration and rebuilding of the last two orders of boxes
Project
Luciano Bosia
Structural engineer
Dario Occhi Villavecchia

Materials used in this production

2MS - S engine

Engines for tracksystems

ARI - Reps Ignitex

Muslin and canvas

COS - Oscurante

Duvetyne and blackout fabrics

FOT - Otello

Velvets

NAG - Agremano

Trimmings

NBT - Bordo traforato

Trimmings

NFR - Fringes

Trimmings

Stage maskings

Acoustic curtains

Traveller curtains

Typology of curtain

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