Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe
The Théâtre National de l' Odéon is a French State Theatre in Paris.
History
The theater dates back to a royal patent of 10 August 1779 in which King Louis XVI. the establishment of a theater in the Latin Quarter, the student quarter and decided in the immediate vicinity of the Palais du Luxembourg for the Comédie Française. It was inaugurated in 1782 under the name Théâtre Française and offered 1,900 seats, including what was unusual for that time, seats in the stalls.
A first big success was in 1784, the great day, or The Marriage of Figaro. After a fire on March 18, 1799 the troupe joined back together with that of Talma and the Comédie Française, and were permanently on in the hall Richelieu. The theater was rebuilt by the architect Chalgrin and opened in June 1808 under the name Théâtre de Sa majesté l' Imperatrice et Reine. On 20 March 1818 the house burned down again. It was rebuilt by Baraguay (1748-1820) and in September 1819 by Louis XVIII. reopened as a Second Théâtre -Français. This house still exists today.
In the 19th century operas, romantic, then realistic pieces, sophisticated entertainment pieces and melodramas were performed. Popular authors have included Gioachino Rossini, Alfred de Musset and Alexandre Dumas.
Highlights reached the Odéon in the early 20th century under the Directors André Antoine ( 1906-1914 ) and Firmin Gémier ( 1922-1933 ), who enriched the repertoire of the second house of the Comédie- Française to successful comedies.
From 1946 to 1959 the theater was called Salle Luxembourg, while the parent company of the Comédie- Française Salle Richelieu was called. On September 1, 1959, was named the Théâtre de France and was inaugurated on 21 October 1959 Tête d'or of Paul Claudel as an independent theater.
Theater director Jean -Louis Barrault offered along with Madeleine Renaud premieres and first performances of contemporary playwrights as Eugène Ionesco, François Billetdoux, Marguerite Duras, Edward Albee, Samuel Beckett and Jean Genet as well as revivals of Jean Giraudoux, Luigi Pirandello, Paul Claudel, Jean Anouilh and classic. Barrault received at the Théâtre de France at the same time the Théâtre des Nations with mostly foreign-language performances of foreign ensembles. In 1967 the Studio Theatre Le petit Odéon was set up with 110 seats and a 10 m² stage.
While the mayor Volte 1968 students held the theater occupied several weeks. Barrault had to give up the theater. Since 1971 the name again Théâtre national de l' Odéon. After Pierre Dux and Jacques Toja 1983 François Barachin director, while Giorgio Strehler was appointed head of the resident at the Odéon Théâtre de l'Europe.
In March 1990, Lluis Paqual took over the management of the Odeon, which has now been used exclusively as European theater, while Strehler the presidency of the Association resident in the Odéon was transferred European Theater ( Union des Theatres de l'Europe ). In 1996, Georges Lavaudant the management of the theater. In 2006 it was reopened after extensive restoration and renovation of the entire system.