City of Pittsburgh - File #: 2006-0599

• File #: 2006-0599
• Version: 1
• Type: Proclamation
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 7/11/2006
• In control: City Council
• Enactment date: 7/11/2006
• Enactment #: 423
• Title: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh commends the Opera Theater of Pittsburgh for their dedication to the development of the arts in Pittsburgh; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh hereby declares, Friday, July 14th, "Opera Theater of Pittsburgh's Ring Cycle Day" in the City of Pittsburgh.
• Sponsors: William Peduto
• Indexes: PROCLAMATION - MR. PEDUTO

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/11/2006	1	City Council	Adopted	Pass

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WHEREAS, the Opera Theater of Pittsburgh was founded in 1978 by Mildred Miller Posvar to focus on education and audience development; and

WHEREAS, the Opera Theater of Pittsburgh provides opportunities for young emerging artists to perform in creative new and reinterpreted works; and

WHEREAS, Opera Theater of Pittsburgh provides opera to underserved communities by building diversity in programming and casting and through outreach and education; and

WHEREAS, Richard Wagner's spectacular Ring Cycle, which has never before been performed in Pittsburgh, is four operas in two weekend cycles in English; and

WHEREAS, the Opera Theater of Pittsburgh's production of the Jonathan Dove/Andrew Porter translation and adaptation of Wagner's Ring Cycle debuts in Pittsburgh, July 14^th, 2006 and is being franchised nationally and internationally from Pittsburgh.

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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh commends the Opera Theater of Pittsburgh for their dedication to the development of the arts in Pittsburgh; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh hereby declares, Friday, July 14^th, "Opera Theater of Pittsburgh's Ring Cycle Day" in the City of Pittsburgh.