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Welsh Development Agency: New Wales Millennium Center opening in the Fall

Designed by architect Jonathan Adams using a variety of Welsh materials, the Wales Millennium Centre promises to become as architecturally iconic an image as the Sydney Opera House. Situated on the Cardiff Bay waterfront, the Centre will be home to seven exciting and diverse cultural organizations, including the internationally renowned Welsh National Opera as well as the Welsh youth organization, Urdd Gobaith Cymru. Its 1900-seater main lyric auditorium will be a venue for 'conventional' arts endeavors like musical theater, international opera, ballet, dance and festivals and the Center will also house 'non traditional' enterprises like The Touch Trust, which uses music, movement and massage to aid in the life development of people with profound disabilities.

The Centre opens on November 26, 2004, with 60 hours of eclectic performances. The program of Welsh and international stars will be produced by Bryn Terfel and will include an appearance from Bryn himself. Tickets will go on sale in mid May. In the meantime, you can be put on the Centre’s mailing list to receive information and you can also sponsor a seat or a slate in the building for a reasonable amount of money and make a lasting impression on this center which has been described as “Unmistakably Welsh, internationally outstanding”

Further information on all the above can be found on the Wales Millennium Centre’s website: www.wmc.org.uk.