Editing Odense (section)

===Palaces and theatres===
[[File:Denmark-odense palace.jpg|thumb|[[Odense Palace]]]]
[[File:Odense Teater (2006).jpg|thumb|[[Odense Theater]]]]

[[Odense Palace]]  was erected by Frederick IV, who died there in 1730. Now an administrative building, it stands on the site of ''Sankt Hans Kloster'', a 15th-century monastery which was transferred to the Crown in 1536.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.denstoredanske.dk/Danmarks_geografi_og_historie/Danmarks_geografi/Danske_slotte_og_herreg%C3%A5rde/Odense_Slot|title=Odense Slot|encyclopedia=Den Store Danske|access-date=10 July 2014 |language=da}}</ref> The main white Baroque wing with 13 bays was designed by [[J.C. Krieger]] for Frederick IV and completed in 1723.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dac.dk/en/dac-life/danish-architecture-guide/odense/odense-palace/|title=Odense Palace}}</ref> Set in a park, the [[King's Garden (Odense)|King's Garden]] was constructed to a French design by [[Johan Cornelius Krieger]].<ref name=visitodense.com>{{cite web|title=Odense Castle|url=http://www.visitodense.com/ln-int/danmark/odense-castle-gdk665051|publisher=Visit Odense}}</ref>

[[Odense Teater]], first established in 1796, is Denmark's second oldest theatrical enterprise and one of the country's three main theatres. The original building was on Sortebrødre Torv was used until 1914 when a new building designed by Jacobsen was opened on Jernbanegade. It has three stages: ''Store Scene'',  ''Værkstedet'', and ''Foyerscenen''. The theatre also has stages in the former sugar factory ''Sukkerkogeriet'', where it runs the first drama school outside Copenhagen established in 1941.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.denstoredanske.dk/Kunst_og_kultur/Teater/Danske_teatre/Odense_Teater?highlight=odense%20teater|title=Odense Teater|encyclopedia=Den Store Danske|date=17 April 2012 |access-date=10 July 2014 |language=da}}</ref> It is notable in theatrical history for staging the première of [[Henrik Ibsen]]'s first contemporary realist drama ''[[The Pillars of Society]]'' on 14 November 1877.<ref>{{cite web|title=Facts about Pillars of Society|url=http://ibsen.nb.no/id/473.0|work=Ibsen.net|date=10 August 2001|first=Jens-Morten|last=Hanssen|access-date=10 July 2014}}</ref> [[Teater Momentum]] or Teater uden Ryglæn, publicly funded by the municipal government and the Ministry of Cultural Affairs, is also of note. Established in 2005, it signs on a new director each year who is charged with creating the "volume" of the year with a set of plays and performers. It also puts on other cultural entertainment including concerts, debates, lectures and poetry.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.teatermomentum.dk/ofte-stillede-sporgsmal/|title=Ofte stillede spørgsmål|publisher=Teater uden Ryglæn|access-date=10 July 2014|language=da|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714170015/http://www.teatermomentum.dk/ofte-stillede-sporgsmal/|archive-date=14 July 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[Odense Symphony Orchestra]] (Odense Symfoniorkester), one of Denmark's five regional orchestras, was formally established in 1946. The orchestra is based in Odense Concert Hall, which was inaugurated in 1982. Most of the orchestra's concerts are given in the Carl Nielsen Hall, a seating capacity of 1,212 and a large 46-stops organ built by [[Marcussen & Son]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://odensesymfoni.dk/Webnodes/da/Web/Odense+Symfoniorkester/ENGLISH|title=Welcome to Odense Symphony Orchestra|publisher=Odensesymfoni.dk|access-date=12 July 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150219110116/http://odensesymfoni.dk/Webnodes/da/Web/Odense%2BSymfoniorkester/ENGLISH|archive-date=19 February 2015}}</ref> First established in 1948, [[Funen Opera]] (''Den Fynske Opera'') was reopened in 1996 after a period of closure. It specializes in presenting contemporary operas in Danish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://denfynskeopera.dk/om-os/historie.aspx|title=Historie|publisher=Den Fynske Opera|access-date=29 January 2015|language=da|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826064830/http://denfynskeopera.dk/om-os/historie.aspx|archive-date=26 August 2014}}</ref>