Teatro Odeón

Former theatre in Buenos Aires, Argentina

The Odeon Theater (Teatro Odeón in Spanish) was a theater in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It was built by Don Emilio Bieckert in the end of the 19th century. In July 1896, it hosted the first ever film screening in Argentina. It was demolished in 1991 in order to make space for the construction of a parking lot.

Currently the Odeon Tower is being built on the site, and a new theater is being built on one side of the tower to replace the former.

Major performances

1897, Maria Guerrero and Fernando Diaz de Mendoza
1898, María Tubau
1903, Carmen Cobeña, André Antoine
1907, Enrique Borrás
1913, Leopoldo Lugones
1927, Luigi Pirandello
1937, Margarita Xirgu
1950, Madeleine Renaud and Jean Louis Barrault
1951, Diana Torrieri and Vittorio Gassman
1954, Giorgio Strehler and Paolo Grassi
1962, Niní Marshall
1967, Libertad Lamarque
1976, Nati Mistral

Principal concerts

Gallery

Main entrance in 1985.
View of Esmeralda street.
Royal Hotel and Teatro Odeón.
Photo of Horacio Coppola.

References

"El Teatro Odeón". Buenos Aires: His churytoria y Cultura. Retrieved 2007-10-14.
"Teatro Odeón". Buenos Aires - Otra Mirada. May 12, 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-14.