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Lobby The hall. Roy Thomson Hall is a concert hall in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Located downtown in the city's entertainment district, it is home to the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, and the esports team Toronto Defiant. Opened in 1982, its circular architectural design exhibits a sloping and curvilinear glass exterior.
Archibald Thomson Hall, also known as Roy Fontaine (17 June 1924 – 16 September 2002) was a Scottish serial killer and thief. Born in Glasgow , Scotland, he became known as the Killer Butler or the Monster Butler after committing crimes while working in service to members of the British aristocracy .
Roy Thomson Hall, one of Toronto's main concert halls, is named in his honour as the Thomson family donated $5.4 million to its construction. Thomson Student Centre at Memorial University of Newfoundland was named in his honour. It opened 25 May 1968, by the Right Honourable Lord Thomson of Fleet, chancellor of Memorial University of ...
Massey Hall was designated a National Historic Site of Canada on June 15, 1981. [2] The hall closed in July 2018 for a two-year-long renovation including a new seven-storey addition and two smaller concert rooms. It re-opened in 2021. It is operated by The Corporation of Massey Hall and Roy Thomson Hall, a non-profit charitable organization. [3]
Then-music director Peter Oundjian posing with the TSO at Roy Thomson Hall before a concert in January 2012 Peter Oundjian conducting the TSO at Roy Thomson Hall in June 2014. The TSO was founded in 1922 as the New Symphony Orchestra, and gave its first concert at Massey Hall in April 1923 with 58 musicians.
Historic performing arts theatre. The hall is designated a National Historic Site of Canada, [15] and was specifically designed for high-quality acoustics, one reason why live albums are frequently recorded there. [16] 1894 [17] Downtown Toronto (178 Victoria Street) [17] Roy Thomson Hall: 2,600 [18] Concert hall that houses the Toronto ...
1980s: Arrival of nightclubs, Roy Thomson Hall, and SkyDome [ edit ] In January 1980, the Trinidad -born and Brooklyn -raised Assoon brothers (David, Albert, Tony and Michael) together with Luis Collaco and Bromely Vassell opened The Twilight Zone , Toronto's first large dance nightclub, at 185 Richmond Street West between Simcoe and Duncan ...
Musical venues in Toronto include Roy Thomson Hall, home to Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO); the Toronto Centre for the Arts in North York; Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, (previously the Hummingbird Centre) and Massey Hall. The Canadian Opera Company built Canada's first purpose-built opera house, the Four Seasons Centre, which opened in ...