To Preserve these Walls examines the efforts to preserve an
18th century Opera Hall architectural masterpiece while renovating
it for the 21st century staging demands of theatrical
productions. Included in the challenges
is the extraordinary story of shutting the Academy of Music down in the middle
of a Friday afternoon concert when a damaged truss was found above the audience
auditorium. The program details the
engineering methods used to structurally save the space with minimally invasive
structural repair.
