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Teatro Sociale of Canzo

Canzo (Italy)

The entrance to the stalls.It use a red FOT - Otello velvet curtain with Curtain tie-backs.With the same velvet ...
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... all the curtains in the hall were also made.The founders of the theatre thought it from the beginning as a meeting point that «accepted in the elected circle the vacationers families making more delicious the evening already protracted of the autumn».Noteworthy are the neoclassical bas-reliefs ...
... which decorate the two bands surrounding the ceiling of the hall, above and below the cornice.The photograph was taken during renovation work: the Traveller curtain, in fact, has not yet been installed in the portal ...
... whose small size (6.10 x h 4.50 m) is proportionate to the hall's capacity.The rigid pelmet with the clock has already been installed behind the portal arch, shaped and upholstered in red FOT - Otello velvet ...
... behind which the valance will be installed, also made of the same velvet ...
...as well as the Traveller curtain, whose opening system uses a manually operated Kompas track.
The wooden Flyloft, clearly in excellent condition, is the original one.
The wooden Mantegno and the 3E - Poly ropes of the Manual fly lines.The wooden winch is probably in identical working condition to that of 1829, when it was installed.Outside, the theater building retains ...
The Teatro Sociale di Canzo has a semicircular hall that, distributed between the stalls and a balcony, which can accommodate 126 spectators.
For centuries, Canzo was a favorite holiday destination for various noble Milanese families, to whom we owe the construction of the theatre and the attention paid to its construction, unusual for a small provincial theatre.
1828
The noble families of Canzo, both residents and vacationers, form a company to finance the theater's construction.
Gaetano Besia is commissioned for the project, while Alessandro Sanquirico, set designer of the Teatro alla Scala, paints the historic curtain.
1829
The theater is inaugurated with a performance staged by the company of the Teatro dei Filodrammatici of Milan.
1930s
The theater is converted into a cinema.
1980s
The cinema is closed.
1985
First restoration work on the building.
1990
The theater is reopened.
2003
Restoration of the stagecraft with reworking of the Traveller curtain and the Stage masking.

Materials used in this production

1K - Kompas

Track systems

3C - Canapa Rope

Ropes

3E - Poly Rope

Ropes

COS - Oscurante

Duvetyne and blackout fabrics

FOT - Otello

Velvets

Manual fly lines

Fly facilities

Stage maskings

Acoustic curtains

Traveller curtains

Typology of curtain

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