Designed by Toronto architect Jack Diamond, the Four Seasons Centre integrates the best features of the grand European opera houses with innovative technology in acoustics and sightlines. The dramatic glass staircase and glass curtain in the City Room showcase revolutionary engineering never before seen in Canada. It is the world-class opera house that our great city of Toronto so richly deserves.As well as being the new home of the Canadian Opera Company, the Four Seasons Centre is the performance venue for The National Ballet Of Canada. It attracts international-calibre artists in both opera and dance, along with international attention.
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Getting There:
- By Car: Access the Gardiner Expressway (from Don Valley Parkway or Queen Elizabeth Way), then take the Yonge/Bay/York Street exit and proceed north on York Street, and then north on University Avenue (or, to take advantage of the spacious and economical underground parking at City Hall's Nathan Phillips Square, continue north on York Street to Queen Street West then turn east on Quuen - you'll see the entrance to the underground parking complex almost immediately, on the north side of Queen Street West).
- By Public Transit: TTC: Go to Osgoode subway station and follow the internal signage to the Four Seasons Centre at the exits. Alternatively, take the Queen Street streetcar to the Queen Street West and University Avenue stop; or take the King Street streetcar to the King Street West and University Avenue stop and walk two blocks north on University Avenue - the Four Seasons Centre is on the southeast corner of University Avenue and Queen Street West.
- GO Transit: Take GO Transit to Union Station, then take the subway north to Osgoode station; or exit Union Station and walk west on Front Street West to University Avenue, and then north to the junction of University Avenue and Queen Street West.
http://www.fourseasonscenter.ca
http://www.coc.ca/performances/performances.html
Use this link to purchase Canadian Opera Company tickets and subscriptions:
http://www.coc.ca/tickets/tickets.html
Use this link to support the Canadian Opera Company with a charitable donation:
http://www.coc.ca/giving/giving.html
Use this link for a seating guide to, and information on,
the new Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts:
The Sony Centre (previously The Hummingbird Centre for the Performing Arts) was the performance venue of the Canadian Opera Company, prior to the opening of the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts. It comtinues to provide a venue for a wide variety of world-class artistic events.
http://www.national.ballet.ca/home.php
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