Look up: Odeon

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   Odeon
   (also, odeum; plural odea) a covered theater used especially for musical performances.
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   Odeon
   O·de'on noun [ New Latin , from Greek ..., from ...: confer French odéon . See Ode .] A kind of theater in ancient Greece, smaller than the dramatic theater and roofed over, in which poets and musicians submitted their works to the approval of the public, and contended for prizes; -- hence, in modern usage, the name of a hall for musical or dramatic performances.
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   Odéon
   The `Odéon` is one of France's five `national theatres`, located in the VIe arrondissement, on the Left Bank of Paris, next to the Luxembourg Garden. It was built in 1779-82 to a Neoclassical design by Charles De Wailly and Marie-Joseph Peyre in order to house the Comédie Française (which preferred to stay at the Théâtre-Français in the Palais Royal). The new theatre was inaugurated by Marie-Antoinette on April 9, 1782. It was there that `The Mar...
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   Odeon
   `Odeon` or `odeum` is a building used for musical performance in Sparta, built in the 7th or 6th century BC. Hence, any such building in ancient Greece or ancient Rome was called an `odeon`. It may also refer to: *Cineplex Odeon, one of North America's largest movie theatre operators **Cineplex Odeon Films, the film distribution unit of the Canadian cinema chain Cineplex Odeon Corporation **List of Cineplex Odeon theatres, a list of Canadian mov...
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   Odeon
   • (n.) A kind of theater in ancient Greece, smaller than the dramatic theater and roofed over, in which poets and musicians submitted their works to the approval of the public, and contended for prizes; -- hence, in modern usage, the name of a hall for musical or dramatic performances.
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   Odéon
   (from the article `Bernhardt, Sarah`) In 1866 Bernhardt signed a contract with the Odéon theatre and, during six years of intensive work with a congenial company there, gradually ...
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