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Place des Arts

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Place des Arts
Place des Arts
Place des Arts
Place des Arts
Place des Arts
Place des Arts
Place des Arts
Place des Arts
Place des Arts
Place des Arts
Place des Arts
Place des Arts
Place des Arts
Place des Arts
Place des Arts
Place des Arts
Place des Arts
Place des Arts
Place des Arts
Place des Arts
Place des Arts
Place des Arts
Place des Arts
Place des Arts
Place des Arts
Phone:
+1 514-285-4200

Hours:
SundayClosed
Monday12pm - 6pm
Tuesday12pm - 6pm
Wednesday12pm - 6pm
Thursday12pm - 6pm
Friday12pm - 6pm
Saturday12pm - 6pm


Place des Arts is a major performing arts centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and the largest cultural and artistic complex in Canada.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 was inaugurated on September 21, 1963. The other theatres were added progressively.
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