Placido Domingo Sings the First Notes in the New Musco Center for the Arts
By: Sally Henry Fuller Oct. 10, 2015
Musco Center for the Arts is an 88,142-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility that includes an intimate 1,044-seat theater that can accommodate full-scale Broadway?style productions, full ballets, symphonies and operas, chamber performances, jazz and more. It will be a principal part of the Orange County arts community and will welcome a broad spectrum of performances by Chapman students and faculty from the acclaimed College of Performing Arts, as well as city events and regional and national touring ensembles. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIhNnottTik
The Center was designed by Pfeiffer Partners, an architectural firm that has designed award-winning performance facilities worldwide. Yasuhisa Toyota of Nagata Acoustics, a world-renowned acoustical consultancy firm, designed the Center's acoustics. Toyota has been chief acoustician for international projects such as the Walt Disney Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House, Copenhagen's Danish Radio Concert Hall, Tokyo's Suntory Hall and many others.
The Grand Opening celebration and inaugural concert will feature world-renowned tenor and conductor Maestro Plácido Domingo, plus many more artists and surprises yet to be announced. The performance will take place at Marybelle and Sebastian P. Musco Center for the Arts at Chapman University (415 North Glassell Street Orange, CA 92866), Saturday, March 19, 2016, 5:00pm-11:00pm
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