Sunday, November 20, 2016

MONTREAL'S HISTORICAL THEATRES


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CBC Montreal
On this day in Montreal — Nov. 20, 1993: The lavish, Beaux-Arts-style Rialto Theatre on Parc Avenue is recognized as a National Historic Site of Canada. Originally a cinema, the building was constructed based on the design of the Paris Opera House in 1923.

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Phyllis Carter - RIALTO, REGENT, MT. ROYAL, BELMONT, VAN HORNE, YORK, CLAIRMONT, PALACE, PRINCESS, CAPITOL, SEVILLE, CANADA, HOLLYWOOD, IMPERIAL, STRAND... HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE BECAME HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. AND THERE WAS PLATEAU HALL WHERE I MET PAUL ROBESON AND JAN PEERCE . MY ALMA MATERS.

DOROTHY DAVIS AND VIOLET WALTERS CHILDREN'S THEATRE SCHOOL WAS HOUSED UPSTAIRS IN THE RIALTO THEATRE BUILDING.

ELSEWHERE, THERE WAS THE MONTREAL REPERTORY THEATRE SCHOOL WHERE I STUDIED VOICE AND DICTION, THEATRE ARTS, STAGE MAKE-UP AND HISTORY OF THE THEATRE - WITH ELEANOR STEWART, DOROTHY DANFORD, JEAN DE SAVOIE, GRIFFITH BREWER AND MRS. STEHLE - AND THEN ON TO OPERA WITH THE INTERNATIONAL DIVA, MME. PAULIINE DONALDA. PRECIOUS MEMORIES.
http://phylliscartersjournal.blogspot.com.
PHYLLIS CARTER'S JOURNAL
Building Camelot One Essay At A Time
PHYLLISCARTERSJOURNAL.BLOGSPOT.COM|BY PHYLLIS CARTER
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