Massey Hall

The Massey Hall is a concert hall in downtown Toronto, which is known through historical recordings and performances by artists and politicians.

The building was completed in 1894 - the same year saw the first concerts ( Handel's Messiah as the opening concert on June 14 ) - and designed by architect Sidney Badgley ( 1850-1917 ) in a neoclassical style. Inside were the Opera of Chicago and the Alhambra as a suggestion. It is named. , In memory of his son by businessman and philanthropist Hart Massey (1823-1896), the owner of the company Massey Manufacturing ( later Massey -Harris and Massey Ferguson ), who financed the construction The address is 178 Victoria Street, the entrance to the Shuter Street.

It comprises 2700 seats and is still for concerts. The venue of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (since 1923 in Massey Hall ) and the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir (whose venue was the Massey Hall since 1895 ) is the Roy Thomson Hall (named after the publisher Roy Thomson, however, since 1982, but previously as New Massey Hall known), where the Toronto International Film Festival. It is managed by the same company as the Massey Hall ( Corporation of Massey Hall and Roy Thomson Hall ) and the Glenn Gould studio at CBS Broadcasting Centre.

In 1981 it was included in the National Historic Sites of Canada. To celebrate its centenary in 1994 the Massey Hall was renovated and received a Bar ( Centuries ), hang out in the numerous photos of the artists who appeared here.

In the Massey Hall occurred artists such as Glenn Gould and Oscar Peterson, conductors such as Arturo Toscanini, and opera singers like Maria Callas, Enrico Caruso and Luciano Pavarotti, but also politicians like Winston Churchill. 1953 was here the legendary Massey Hall Concert ( Jazz at Massey Hall ) instead of Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie.