Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe
48°50′58.2″N 2°20′19.5″E / 48.849500°N 2.338750°E
Previous names
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Capacity | 800 |
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Construction | |
Opened | 1782 |
Reopened | 1808 |
Rebuilt | 1819 |
Architect | Pierre Thomas Baraguay |
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www.theatre-odeon.eu |
The Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe (English: European Music Hall) (formerly the Théâtre de l'Odéon (English: Music Hall)) is one of France's six national
First theatre
The original building, the Salle du Faubourg Saint-Germain, was constructed for the
Second theatre
An 1808 reconstruction of the theater designed by Jean Chalgrin (architect of the Arc de Triomphe) was officially named the Théâtre de l'Impératrice, but everyone still called it the Odéon.[3] It burned down in 1818.
Third theatre
The third and present structure, designed by Pierre Thomas Baraguay, was opened in September 1819. In 1990, the theater was given the sobriquet 'Théâtre de l'Europe'. It is a member theater of the Union of the Theatres of Europe.
Access
Located near the Odéon .
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The Line 4 and Line 10 serves Odéon station.
See also
- Hôtel de Condé, previously on the same location
Notes
- ^ Wild 2012, pp. 98–100, 289–290; Carlson 1966, pp. 1–5 (The Marriage of Figaro).
- ^ Culture & History of Odéon Théâtre de l'Europe Archived 2011-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Regarding the name Théâtre de l'Impératrice, see Hemmings 1994, p. 106.
Bibliography
- Carlson, Marvin (1966). The Theatre of the French Revolution. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. .
- Hemmings, F. W. J. (1994). Theatre and State in France, 1760–1905. New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-03472-2(2006 reprint).
- Wild, Nicole (2012). Dictionnaire des théâtres parisiens (1807–1914). Lyon: Symétrie. OCLC 826926792.