The Opera House (Toronto)
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The Opera House in August 2008.
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| Former names | La Plaza Theatre |
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| Address | 735 Queen Street E Toronto ON M4M 1H1 |
| Location | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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| Type | Theater/Music Venue |
| Capacity | 850 (580 Main Floor and 270 Balcony) |
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| Built | 1909 |
| Opened | 1909 |
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| theoperahousetoronto.com | |
The Opera House is a music venue in Toronto, Canada. It is one of the city's most historic performing venues, opening in 1909. It has also been a cinema and a live theatre venue. It is located at 735 Queen Street East, east of downtown in the Riverdale neighbourhood.
History
It opened in 1909 as a vaudeville stage. Seating almost 700 it was the main entertainment venue in the primarily working-class neighbourhood. As films eclipsed vaudeville the theatre was turned into a cinema, operating as the La Plaza Theatre for many decades and later under a series of other names.[1]
As multiplexes made large single screen venues no longer viable as a cinemas, it became a performing arts venue. In the late 1980s it was home to the successful gospel musical Mama, I Want to Sing!. In the early 1990s it became The Opera House music venue.
References
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