New main curtain for the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb, Croatia

Umkirch, 29. May 2015

The Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb, Croatia was recently adorned with a new main curtain. A copy of the historical model started with a Border made of stage velvet ALICANTE in wine red, with handmade fringes about 35cm (14”) high.

Overall, the border is 11.20m (38’) wide + 100% fullness x 2.60m (8.5’) high. It forms the perfect transition to the two-piece main curtain (each part: 6.50m (21’) wide + 50% fullness x 10.84m (35.5’) high which is also made of stage velvet ALICANTE in wine red, with about 75cm (2.5’) high fringes and a lining made of blackout fabric ECLIPSE.
The new main curtain was provided in Wagner style.

The project was implemented in close cooperation with the company MAORI.