From Arias & Arpeggios to Acts & Artefacts: Grand Global Cultural Centres

Guest speaker: Dr. Peter Harris

Immerse yourself in grandeur as we draw back the curtains to reveal some of the world’s most majestic performing arts houses and cultural centres! We’ll learn about the history and design of such renowned opera houses as Sydney and La Scala; classic theatres from ancient Epidaurus to The Globe; contemporary sites including The Met and Tasmania’s MONA; and repurposed structures such as Musée d’Orsay in Paris and London’s Tate Modern.

Join us in person, on Zoom simulcast, or register to receive the recordings!

Thursdays: November 13, 20 & 27

1:00-2:30pm

Series: $50; drop-in: $20

For registration assistance, please call 416-924-6211 x0 or email help@mnjcc.org.

For more information, contact Lisa Roy at 416-924-6211 x6155 or email lisar@mnjcc.org.

November 13 – “classic” historical examples, stretching from the Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus in Greece through Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, Teatro Alla Scala in Milan, and Vienna’s Burgtheater, Austria’s national theatre, up to more recent sites like the Hollywood Bowl and the Metropolitan Opera House (The Met) in New York.

November 20 – contemporary sites, including Sydney Opera House, the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in Spain, New York’s Radio City Music Hall, and the Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) in Tasmania.

November 27 – inventively repurposed structures, such as Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie concert halls, the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (Zeitz MOCAA) in Capetown, London’s Tate Modern, and the Musée d’Orsay in Paris.

Dr. Peter Harris is the former Assistant Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science of the University of Toronto. A former senior lecturer in the University’s German Department, Dr. Harris has also served as a Special Lecturer in the new Vic One Program at Victoria College. In these different capacities, he has lectured on topics ranging from German Film to Expo ’58, from the German Reichstag Building to Rosie the Riveter. Peter was the Program Coordinator and Lecturer for U of T’s Later Life Learning. He has lectured for the George Brown Seniors Association, LifeLong Learning Mississauga, Bluewater Association of Lifelong Learning in Owen Sound, Life Long Learning in Retirement at Glendon College, and at Hot Docs Curious Minds. At the Miles Nadal JCC, Peter has given the following lectures and series: From The Binoculars Building to Bilbao & Beyond: The Starchitecture of Frank Gehry; The Bauhaus:100 years of Architecture, Art and Design; The Significance of the Feldberg Collection; Design Movements in the 19th and 20th Centuries; The Architectural Innovation of Moshe Safdie, last year’s The Design Geniuses Who Fled Nazi Germany, and most recently as part of The Speakers Annex – we are delighted to welcome Peter back to our building this fall!