Wales Millennium Centre (Welsh - Canolfan Mileniwm Cymru) is an arts centre located in the Cardiff Bay. Phase 1 of the building was opened in 2004 and phase 2 opened in 2009 with an inaugural concert. Opening ceremony was organised by Bryn Terfel, the creative director of the whole opening weekend. The centre has hosted performances of opera, ballet, dance, comedy and musicals. The main theatre, the Donald Gordon Theatre, has 1,897 seats, the BBC Hoddinott Hall 350 and the Weston Studio Theatre 250. The inscription in the front of the building in Welsh reads: CREU GWIR FEL GWYDR O FFWRNAIS AWEN (English: Creating Truth Like Glass From Inspiration's Furnace). The inscription in English reads: IN THESE STONES HORIZONS SING.
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