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Teatro Comunale, ''Otello''

Bologna

The large Frontward lifting curtain made of HSP - Tempesta Poly digital printing artificial silk with flat making, the main element of this scenography, 22 m wide and 17 m high, it has a weight of less than 15 kg, in addition to 9 kg of WPL - Plomba that has been sewn into the upper and lower hems.The backdrop was hung at the two high corners ...
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... which were suitably reinforced.The stage was installed at the PalaDozza, a multipurpose sports facility in Bologna.The scenography by Alessandro Camera was conceived for this location and, taking into account the impossibility to perform the scene changes, it was based on the large floating and semitransparent curtain that continuously varies the appearance of the stage set ...
... acquiring a three-dimensionality suspended in the air, swollen and always in motion like that of a huge looming cloud, a representation of the changes of the passions of the characters and of the dramatic developments that will culminate in the final tragedy.The lower side of the curtain was made in the same way as the upper side ...
... with a hem in which the WPL - Plomba was sewn and also the lower corners have been reinforced like the upper ones, so that they can be connected to two fly facilities ...
... that allow to use the backdrop as a Frontward lifting curtain, the lower side of which can be raised and lowered to open and close it according to the dramatic needs of the stage direction.
The digital printing on HSP - Tempesta Poly has a practically identical appearance on both sides of the fabric and allows the Frontward lifting curtain to be observed from the front or from the back almost indifferently.Due to the lockdown imposed by the pandemic ...
... the show's debut was postponed for almost two years and took place on the stage of the Teatro Comunale in Bologna.
The large Frontward lifting curtain made of HSP - Tempesta Poly digital printing artificial silk with flat making, the main element of this scenography, 22 m wide and 17 m high, it has a weight of less than 15 kg, in addition to 9 kg of WPL - Plomba that has been sewn into the upper and lower hems.The backdrop was hung at the two high corners ...
Otello
Lyric drama in four acts
Music
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
Libretto
Arrigo Boito
from William Shakespeare
First night
Milan, Teatro alla Scala, 5/2/1887
Scenography
Alessandro Camera
Costume design
Andrea Viotti
Technical direction
Manuela Gasperoni
Light design
Daniele Naldi
Stage direction
Gabriele Lavia
Staging
Teatro Comunale of Bologna
Season
2022

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Teatro Comunale di Bologna, ''Otello''

Teatro Comunale di Bologna, ''Otello'', 2022

Materials used in this production

Flat making

Fabric: tailoring types

Frontward lifting curtain

Typology of curtain

HSP - Tempesta Poly

Silks and satins

HSP - Tempesta Poly digital printing

Printing on fabrics

WPL - Plomba

Fabric: finishings and accessories

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