The Odeon Theatre, located in a splendid building which is a historical monument of which centenary was celebrated in 2011, has been invited to be part of the Black Sea Route, within the project called The European Route of Historical Theatres.
This new route was launched on March 3rd 2017, at a press conference that took place at the National Theatre in Iași. Among the participants were representatives of the theatres that are part of the Black Sea Route, and also members of Perspectiv – The European Association of Historical Theatres, located in Berlin, the originator of this pan-European project, brought to life with the support of the European Union’s Culture Programme.
The European Route of Historical Theatres has 11 routes across Europe – The Adriatic Route, Channel Route, Emperor Route, German Route, Italian Route, Nordic Route, Baltic Route, Iberian Route, French Route, Alpine Route and the Black Sea Route – and it’s main goal is to promote Historical Theatres as a major part of the European cultural heritage through a new type of cultural tourism which links together the most beautiful, interesting and well preserved historical theatres throughout Europe.
The Black Sea Route includes eight historical theatres, five of which are designed by the Viennesse architects Fellner and Helmer: The “Vasile Alecsandri” National Theatre in Iași (built in 1896 – it is also the Route manager), The National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre in Odessa (Ukraine, 1887), “Regina Maria” Theatre in Oradea (1900), “Ivan Vazov” National Theatre in Sofia (Bulgaria, 1904) and the “Olga Kobylianska” Ukrainian Regional Music and Drama Theatre in Chernivtsi (Ukraine, 1905), together with the “Z. Paliashvili” Opera and Ballet State Theatre in Tbilisi (Georgia, designed by the architect Victor Schröter in 1896), the Odeon Theatre (designed by the architect Grigore Cerchez in 1911) and the Old Theatre “Mihai Eminescu” in Oravița (the oldest theatre in the country, inaugurated in 1817).
We have the pleasure of inviting you to visit these historical theatres – a corner stone of the European joint cultural heritage and be part of any future activities that partners of this project will develop together.
