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Tessitura Software Selected For New Cardiff Arts Center in the UK

Cardiff Bay, Wales — United Kingdom & New York City, NY — January 14, 2004 — Wales Millennium Centre, the international performing arts centre which will open on Cardiff Bay waterfront in November this year, is the first arts center in the United Kingdom to select Tessitura Software for its box office, fundraising and marketing operations.

Tessitura, originally developed by the Metropolitan Opera for its own use, was implemented in 1998 and is now used by many leading North American arts organizations including Boston Symphony Orchestra, The Kennedy Centre, Lyric Opera of Chicago, City Centre, San Francisco Symphony, Seattle Opera, Houston Ballet, Stratford Festival of Canada and the Center Theatre Group.

Wales Millennium Centre, which is a Millennium Commission funded project, will stage world-class opera, musical events, ballet and dance. It will be a home and workplace for seven culturally diverse organizations, including Welsh National Opera and Urdd Gobaith Cymru. It will also be a destination venue in its own right, with many shops and restaurants set against the backdrop of artistic activity taking place throughout the day and night.

Tessitura, originally developed by the Metropolitan Opera for its own use, was implemented in 1998 and is now widely used in the arts field. Smeeta Sharon, who is responsible for Business Operations at the Met, noted that "We are pleased to share this powerful technology with other arts organizations and are especially gratified to have an organization like Wales Millennium Centre as the start of our UK expansion for Impresario L.L.C, the Met subsidiary established to license Tessitura."

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