The Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
is a 2,071-seat theatre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada which had its grand opening Wednesday, 2 June 14 2006}}.
The venue is the new home of the Canadian Opera Company (COC) and the National Ballet of Canada, replacing the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts (Hummingbird Centre). The inaugural production in the new opera house was Richard Wagner’s epic tetralogy Der Ring des Nibelungen
(The Ring of the Nibelung
), attended by Governor General Michaëlle Jean, as well as numerous other Canadian luminaries. Three complete Ring Cycles were performed in September 2006.
A substantial donation from the Four Seasons hotel chain gave them naming rights to the complex.
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FOUR SEASONS CENTRE TICKETS
| EVENT | DATE | AVAILABILITY |
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| National Ballet of Canada: Maddaddam Tickets 6/13 | Jun 13, 2026
Sat, 7:30 PM |  | | National Ballet of Canada: Maddaddam Tickets 6/14 | Jun 14, 2026
Sun, 2:00 PM | | | National Ballet of Canada: Maddaddam Tickets 6/17 | Jun 17, 2026
Wed, 7:30 PM | | | National Ballet of Canada: Maddaddam Tickets 6/18 | Jun 18, 2026
Thu, 7:30 PM | | | National Ballet of Canada: Maddaddam Tickets 6/19 | Jun 19, 2026
Fri, 7:30 PM | |
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Location
The new theatre is at the southeast corner of
University Avenue and
Queen Street West, across from
Osgoode Hall. The land on which it is located was a gift from the
Government of Ontario. It was a former location of the offices of the
Supreme Court of Ontario and is valued at
C$31 million.
The
Osgoode subway station and the Queen Street
streetcar line serve this location.
Design and construction
The COC organized a competition to select an
architect for the new theatre. Ten firms of architects submitted their proposals, from which Canadian
Diamond and Schmitt Architects was selected as the winner for its
modernist design.
The auditorium is modelled after
European
opera houses, with its five-tiered, horseshoe-shaped auditorium. The COC and its design team attempted to create the best natural acoustics possible, guided by acoustician Bob Essert of and a team that included , and .
The complex took three years to construct at an estimated cost of $181 million.
See also
- Grand Opera House, Toronto's premiere concert hall in the 19th century