Thursday, May 28, 2009

Behind the Scenes

Inside the Goldoni Theater, LivornoWe are again inside the Teatro Goldoni, this time on the stage: sets of scenography are dangling from the wood grating placed at about 30 meters of height.Inside the Goldoni Theater, LivornoWe are now on top of the grating, just above the stage, and you can admire a giant terracotta jar: full of water it was used then as a primitive fire fighting device.Inside the Goldoni Theater, LivornoPeople working behind the scenes were proud of their work and wrote their accomplishments on the walls. Some of these writing have been left during the renovation of the theatre.
This one says: “Newest Operetta Company, December 14, 1914”.

See also: Inside the “Goldoni” - Teatro Goldoni

12 comments:

cieldequimper said...

Great to see the backstage and I love the writing, wonderful to see that it hasn't been painted over!

Saretta said...

Interesting! The first photo is great!

joo said...

It's interesting to see what's goingon behind the stage! Terracotta jar is adorable!

Fio said...

Che coincidenza!
Oggi anch'io ce l'ho una vecchia iscrizione sul mio blog :-)

Belle foto. Scpecialmente la prima.

nobu said...

I like first photo most, great shot!!

Halcyon said...

We call those gratings the "catwalk" in the theater. Did you get to go up there? I have been on the catwalks in some large theaters before - it can get scary up there. I don't know how those lighting technicians do it.

Thank you for this look backstage. I am always interested in seeing all aspects of the theater.

henny said...

Such a complicate work in a theater. I long to know how they built and used sets of scenography.
Why there's an ancient jar there?
I don't mind seeing old writings, sometimes we feel like in old time.

amatamari© said...

Is very beautiful to see the hidden
of a theater ...
Thanks!

Layrayski said...

I haven't been to a lot of behind the curtains places- so thank you =) Very interesting behind and beyond the curtains.

Hilda said...

It's wonderful that they've kept the jar and even the graffiti. Now that's theater history!

Unknown said...

Fantastic post. It's not often it's possible to see clues from the real workers behind the buildings.

crocrodyl said...

It is always exciting to me when I can look behind the scenes! Thanks for this pleasure:)