Place des Arts




This article is about the performing arts centre in Montreal. For the teaching arts centre in British Columbia, see Place des Arts (Coquitlam). For the Montreal Metro station, see Place-des-Arts (Montreal Metro).
























Place des Arts

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Place des Arts de Montréal esplanade

Location
260, boulevard de Maisonneuve Ouest
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Coordinates
45°30′29″N 73°34′01″W / 45.508°N 73.567°W / 45.508; -73.567Coordinates: 45°30′29″N 73°34′01″W / 45.508°N 73.567°W / 45.508; -73.567
Created 1963 (1963)
Status Open all year
Public transit access Place-des-Arts (Montreal Metro)


View of the Place des Arts esplanade. The Musée d'art contemporain is on the left; behind it is the Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, with the Théâtre Maisonneuve on the right


Place des Arts cultural complex entrance, view from Sainte-Catherine Street.



Digital artwork displayed on screens inside the Place des Arts cultural complex.


Place des Arts is a major performing arts centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and the largest cultural and artistic complex in Canada.[1]


Home to the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, and the Opéra de Montréal, the complex is situated between Saint Catherine and de Maisonneuve Streets, and St-Urbain and Jeanne-Mance streets, in an area now known as the Quartier des Spectacles in the borough of Ville-Marie.


Place des Arts was an initiative of Mayor Jean Drapeau, a noted lover of opera, as part of a project to expand the downtown core eastward from the concentration of business and financial activity in the centre-west part of downtown. The Corporation George-Étienne-Cartier, named in honour of George-Étienne Cartier, a Father of Confederation and opera lover, was set up to build it, and the first part of the complex (including the Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier) was inaugurated on September 21, 1963. The other theatres were added progressively.




Contents






  • 1 Additions


  • 2 Theatres


  • 3 Works


  • 4 Gallery


  • 5 See also


  • 6 References


  • 7 External links





Additions


The Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal was added to the complex on May 28, 1992, and in 2009, construction began on a new concert hall for the Montreal Symphony Orchestra. The 1,900-seat facility opened in 2011 at the cost of C$105 million.


In 2015, the Quebec government announced it would spend $34.2 million to remodel the esplanade into a large outdoor stage that will host big events year round. Work is to be complete in 2018.[2]



Theatres


The Place des Arts includes six halls of various sizes:



  • Montreal Symphony House

  • Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier

  • Théâtre Maisonneuve

  • Théâtre Jean-Duceppe

  • Studio-théâtre

  • Cinquième salle


This wealth of theatres permits the staging of opera, symphony, ballet and other dance, chamber music, choral music, theatre, film presentation, and various other presentations and ceremonies. In addition to the theatres, the complex hosts the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, a museum of contemporary art, as well as rehearsal halls, shops, services, and a large, popular esplanade decorated with original fountains and water cascades.


All the facilities are connected by an underground mall, also linked to Place-des-Arts Metro station and Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) to the north and the Complexe Desjardins to the south as part of the Underground City.


The site is decorated with several works of public art including L'artiste est celui qui fait voir l'autre côté des choses by Claude Bettinger, Comme si le temps… de la rue by Pierre Granche, and La voie lactée by Geneviève Cadieux. A bust of conductor Wilfrid Pelletier by sculptor Arto Tchakmaktchian is on permanent display in the entrance hall.


In the summer the esplanade and adjacent street comprise one of the important outdoor sites of the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal.



Works






  • Pierre Granche's Comme si le temps... de la rue, an ensemble of symbolic aluminium free-standing sculptures in a large fountain basin visible from the exterior and interior of Place des Arts, Montreal, Quebec







  • Installation by Claude Bettinger, Place des Arts, Montreal, Quebec






Gallery




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  • Place des Arts la nuit 02.jpg





  • FIJM 2013 - 147.jpg





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See also


  • List of concert halls


References





  1. ^ Haskell, Richard. "Place des Arts". The Canadian Encyclopedia (in French). Retrieved 2018-04-17..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ McCallum, Lauren (March 31, 2015). "Place des Arts in Montreal to get $34.2M makeover". CBC News. Retrieved September 28, 2017.




External links



  • Place des Arts website in English

  • Opéra de Montréal website in English

  • Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal

  • Google SketchUp 3D Model

  • Quartier des Spectacles website













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