Designed by pre-eminent Toronto architect A.J. (Jack) Diamond of Diamond and Schmitt Architects Inc., the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts is an opera house like no other, and the first of its kind in Canada. Horseshoe-shaped in the tradition of the great European opera houses, and incorporating the latest advances in modern technology, the five-tiered auditorium, R. Fraser Elliott Hall, offers unparalleled acoustics and sightlines throughout. It also boasts a large, flexible orchestra pit, spacious backstage facilities and spectacular lobby spaces and lounges on many levels