Today, 25th of November, we celebrate @ODEON European Historic Theatres Day with a very special guided tour. Actor Gabriel Pintilei led the OISTAT Costume Sub-Commission and the Theatrical Architecture Commission in the two halls of ODEON, telling them stories from the building’s centennial history.
The tour was part of the Bucharest Scenography Biennale.
The historic theatres in Europe form an outstanding part of the mutual European cultural heritage. Whether you can explore them as museums or enjoy special performances, whether they are open to the public or private property: here the history of Europe comes to life in its most enchanting form.
PERSPECTIV – ASSOCIATION OF HISTORIC THEATRES IN EUROPE was inaugurated in October 2003. The non-profit organization wants to: encourage and support the conservation and restoration of historic theatres; secure the continuous exchange between these theatres and everybody interested in them; initiate and support research; introduce the public to this extraordinary European cultural heritage.
120 of the most beautiful, most interesting and best preserved historic theatre buildings in Europe form the European Route of Historic Theatres, divided into 12 part routes, each spanning one or several countries, and each connecting about a dozen theatres: Adriatic Route, Alpine Route, Baltic Route, Black Sea Route, Channel Route, Emperor Route, French Route, German Route, Grand Tour Route, Iberia Route, North Italian Route, Nordic Route.
Black Sea Route, of which the ODEON Theatre is part, includes eight historical theatres, five of which were built by the Viennese architects Fellner and Helmer: the “Vasile Alecsandri” National Theatre in Iași (built in 1896) – network manager, the National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre in Odessa (Ukraine, 1887), the Queen Maria Theatre in Oradea (1900), the “Ivan Vazov” National Theatre in Sofia (Bulgaria, 1904) and the “Olga Kobylianska” Regional Ukrainian Theatre in Chernivtsi (1905), along with the “Z. Paliashvili” Opera and Ballet State Theatre in Tbilisi (Georgia, built by architect Victor Schröter in 1896), the Odeon Theatre (built by architect Grigore Cerchez in 1911) and the “Mihai Eminescu” Old Theatre in Oravița / Cultural Center Old Mihai Eminescu Theatre Oravița (the oldest theatre in the country, inaugurated in 1817).
