Teatro Sociale of Canzo

Canzo (Italy)

The view through the proscenium of the audience, a real living room for the privileged few.The founders of the theatre thought it from the beginning as a meeting point that, as it can be read in their memories, «accepted in the elected circle the holiday-makers families making more care and delicious the evening already protracted of the autumn and it could present at the same time a new resource to the Industry and the trade of country».The draperies of the hall ...

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... and that of the entrance to the stalls were realised, as the Traveller curtain, with FOT - Otello velvet, colour red.

The neoclassical bas-reliefs that decorate the perimeter band situated below the vault are noteworthy.The picture is shot during the renovation works: the Traveller curtain, in fact, was not yet been installed at the proscenium ...

... which small size (6.10 m x h 4.50 m) is proportionate to the capacity of the hall.

The opening of the Traveller curtain was been realized with a Kompas rail systems with a manual opening.

The original wooden Flyloft, which has excellent condition of preservation, was obviously maintained.

The Mantegno of the Manual fly facilities system with the 3E - Poly rope.Note the original winch, in operating conditions probably identical to those of 1829, when it was made ready for use.

Also the outside of the theatre retains the original sober neoclassical style and it is very well preserved.The theater was designed in 1828 by the Milanese architect Gaetano Besia (great-grandfather of Vico Magistretti) and by Alessandro Sanquirico, official set designer of the Teatro Alla Scala from 1817 to 1832.The Teatro Sociale of Canzo was inaugurated the following year by the company of the Teatro dei Filodrammatici in Milan.

Teatro Sociale, 126 seats.
Holiday resort favourite since the last centuries by various noble families in Milan, Canzo due to the assiduous presence of such guests the building of their theatre and the unusual attention given to its implementation.

1828-1829

construction

Project

Gaetano Besia
Alessandro Sanquirico

2003

restoration of the theatre with remaking of the Traveller curtain and of 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 facilities

Rigging systems

Stage maskings

Acoustic curtains

Traveller curtains

Typology of curtain

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