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Teatro Fraschini

Pavia (Italy)

The Traveller curtain made of FOT - Otello velvet with vertical fullness 100% is decorated with golden NAG - Agremano and NFR - Fringes.Its Traveler opening system uses an Atlas track with R1 Rope Drive System.
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The space between the valance and the curtain, which is installed at a certain distance from the proscenium arch, is closed by two tormentors made in the same way as the curtain.
The valance is made with a knife (single pleat) vertical fullness and the direction of the pleats of each of the two halves is symmetrical, it converge from the sides towards the center, where the coat of arms of the city of Pavia stands out.
The teaser behind the curtain was also made in the same way as the valance, with vertical fullness with a simmetrical knife pleat.The stage is equipped with a black Stage masking made of COS - Oscurante molton.
The valance highlights the characteristic flattened appearance of the knife vertical fullness.
The internal disposition of Fraschini is built up on a rectangular plant divided symmetrically between audience and stage. Each of the four orders of boxes ...
... represents a distinct order of architecture:Doric the first;Ionian the second;Corinthian the third;Atticus the fourth.
The bell-shaped hall's layout is typical of the theatrical buildings designed by Antonio Galli da Bibbiena.
The Teatro Fraschini is a Italian-style theatre with a bell-shaped hall with four tiers of boxes and a gallery, 750 seats.
With the Teatro Comunale of Bologna, the Teatro Rossini of Lugo in Lugo of Romagna, the Teatro Lauro Rossi of Macerata, the Teatro Scientifico of Mantova and the Teatro Onigo of Treviso, it is part of the most important theatrical buildings designed by the great scenographer and architect of '700 Antonio Galli da Bibbiena (1697-1774).
1771
At the initiative of four noblemen from Pavia, who entrust the project to
Antonio Galli da Bibbiena, construction of the theater begins.
1773
The theater is inaugurated with the name of Teatro dei Quattro Cavalieri (Theatre of the Four Knights).
1869
The theater was at risk of closure, and the City of Pavia takes over ownership, dedicating it to the Pavia tenor Gaetano Fraschini.
1904
The construction of two galleries is considered, with the risk of distorting the hall layout, but the project is not implemented.
1909
Osvaldo Bignami repaints the ceiling of the auditorium.
1985 - 1994
The theater is completely restored, with the design and construction management entrusted to Pica Ciamarra Associati.
1989
The main curtain and all the stage equipment are replaced.
2023
The main curtain and its opening system are renewed.

Materials used in this production

1A - Atlas

Track systems

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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