Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe

Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe
Previous names Théâtre-Français du Faubourg Saint-Germain (1782-1789) ; Théâtre de la Nation (1789-1793) ; Théâtre de l'Égalité (1794-1796) ; Théâtre de l'Impératrice et Reine (1808-1818) ; Second Théâtre-Français (1819-1990);
	Odéon
Capacity	800
Construction
Opened	1782
Reopened	1808
Rebuilt	1819
Architect	Pierre Thomas Baraguay
Website
	www.theatre-odeon.eu

48°50′58.2″N 2°20′19.5″E / 48.849500°N 2.338750°E / 48.849500; 2.338750

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

Luxembourg Garden and the Luxembourg Palace, which houses the Senate

.

First theatre

The original building, the Salle du Faubourg Saint-Germain, was constructed for the

Beaumarchais' play The Marriage of Figaro was premiered two years later. On April 27, 1791, during the Revolution, the company split. The players sympathetic to the crown remained in the theatre in the Faubourg Saint-Germain. They were arrested and incarcerated on the night of September 3, 1793, but were allowed to return a year later. In 1797, the theater was remodeled by the architect Jean-François Leclerc and became known as the Odéon, but it was destroyed by a fire on March 18, 1799.^[1]^[2]

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 .

The Line 4 and Line 10 serves Odéon station.

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.