The Opera House is one of Toronto's longest operating live music theatres.

The Opera House was built around 1905 as a vaudeville and opera house, and was converted to a movie theatre in the 1920s. Today, it is largely considered one of the best concert venues in Toronto with acts like Beck, James Taylor, Bjork, and Offspring. The Opera House is also used for feature film shoots, videos, commercials, television specials and comedy acts, special events and fund raisers.

Interesting facts about Riverside...
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• Three-piece public art installation celebrates the theme of TIME
• Baseball Place is the location of Toronto's first professional baseball field, built in 1885
• The Opera House is one of Toronto's longest operating live music theatres
• In the 1890s, the Broadview Hotel housed a grand piano in its tower
• "Cinderella Man", Russel Crowe and Renee Zellwegger's great depression drama transformed the district in 2004
• E.J. Lennox, architect of the Old City Hall and Casa Loma built the 1913 Postal Station 'G', now the Ralph Thornton Centre