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 movie theatres
• Odéon, a theater in Paris, France.
• Odeon of Herodes Atticus, built in 161 by Herodes Atticus in memory of his wife, Aspasia Annia Regilla, on the south slope of the Acropolis hill
• Odeon Cinemas, the largest cinema company in Europe.
  • Odeon Leicester Square, a cinema which occupies the centre of the eastern side of Leicester Square, London.
• Odeon Records, a record label founded by Max Strauss and Heinrich Zunz in Berlin, Germany
• Odeon Theatre in Bucharest, Romania.
• Odeon Tv is an Italian commercial television network.
• Teatro Odéon in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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 Marriage of Figaro was premiered two years later. In 1990, the theater was renamed Théâtre de l'Europe. It is a member theater of the Union of the Theatres of Europe.

Odeon Cinemas is the largest chain of cinemas in Europe. It is owned by Terra Firma Capital Partners.