Teatro Amilcare Ponchielli

Cremona (Italy)

The Traveller curtain made of red FOT - Otello velvet.

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View of the hall projected by the architect from Ticino Luigi Canonica (Capriasca 1764 - Milan 1844) was a student of Giuseppe Piermarini, together with which he is considered one of the greatest representatives of the Italian neoclassic movement.He devoted with particular interest ...

... to the planning of theatrical buildings (among the others: 1809, Teatro Grande of Brescia of Brescia; 1812, Teatro Sociale of Como; 1817, Teatro Sociale of Mantua; 1821, Teatro Sociale of Sondrio).

The opening of the Traveller curtain happens with a motorized Kompas rail system.The curtain is traditionally decorated with gilded NBT - Trimmings, NAG - Agremani and NFR - Fringes.

Thanks to a 2MT - Pilewind hoists for motorized fly lines device realized custom, the Kompas rail system that maneuvers the opening of the Traveller curtain can be lowered to the level of the stage to effect the operations of maintenance.

Detail of the system of Traveller curtain with rail Kompas.

A view from the stage of the Stage masking composed by wings and tops made of black COS - Oscurante molton.

The drapery of the royal box made of FOT - Otello velvet.

The Teatro Ponchielli is a Italian-style theatre with a horseshoe-shaped hall with four tiers of boxes and a gallery, 1.250 seats.
The stage is one of the most capacious among those of the great Italian historical theaters.

1747

The Teatro Nazari is inaugurated, built to a design by Giovanni Battista Zaist, commissioned by the Cremonese nobleman from whom the theater takes its name.

1785

Following the death of the Marquis Nazari, the theater is purchased by a group of nobles and is renamed Teatro della Società.

1806

The theater is destroyed by fire.

1806-1808

Luigi Canonica is entrusted with the reconstruction project, and the theater is renamed Teatro della Concordia.

1824

A fire partially destroys the theater; the reconstruction project is entrusted to Faustino Rodi and Luigi Voghera.

1907

The theater is dedicated to the Cremonese composer Amilcare Ponchielli.

1989

Significant restoration work are carried out, along with compliance with current safety standards.

Materials used in this production

2MS - S engine

Engines for tracks

FOT - Otello

Velvets

Frontal projection screens

Main curtains

Curtains for historical theaters

NAG - Agremano

Trimmings

NBT - Bordo traforato

Trimmings

NFR - Fringes

Trimmings

PMI - Bianco Ottico Perforato

Frontal projection films

Stage maskings

Acoustic curtains

Traveller curtains

Typology of curtain

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