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Teatro Karl Marx

Havana

The Teatro Karl Marx is equipped with one of the largest Venetian curtains in existence.These are its main data:- size 31,5 x h 16,5 m- vertical fullness 70%- 15 lifting points (every 2,1 m)- weight about 500 kg
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The curtain was is made of 105. gold FOT - Otello 105. velvet ...
... in accordance with the previous curtain of 1975, of which it uses the mechanical system.
On 15/5/2016 the Teatro Karl Marx hosted the farewell to the public of the famous Buena Vista Social Club, glory of Cuban music.
The Teatro Karl Marx is a theatre with a hall with a rectangular plan endowed with stalls and two galleries.
With a capacity of 5,500 seats, it is one of the largest theatrical halls in the world.
1949
inauguration
1970
closing
1975
restructuring after the partial destruction caused by a fire
2013
remaking of the Venetian curtain

Materials used in this production

FOT - Otello

Velvets

Venetian curtains

Typology of curtain

Vertical fullness

Fabric: tailoring types

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