Skylight Install, Part 3

The new skylight is lifted into place.

See Part 1 and Part 2 of the installation.

Orchestra Pit, Part 5

The construction crew works on installing the forms for the side wall of the orchestra pit.

See Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4 of the orchestra pit construction.

Paint Stripping - Video

See this earlier post, for photos of the crew at work.

A worker uses a heat gun to remove paint from the wood columns in the atrium.

Orchestra Pit, Part 4

See Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 of the Orchestra Pit construction.

In these four photos, the front edge of the orchestra pit has been formed and the floor of the sub-pit, for the installation of a mechanical pit lift, is in place.

Skylight Install, Part 2

The atrium, ready for the new skylight. See Part 1 of the installation.

Orchestra Pit, Part 3

The construction crew finishes the rebar which will reinforce the orchestra pit wall.

The forms are added to the orchestra pit wall before the concrete is poured.

The concrete outer wall of the orchestra pit is left to cure.

Building on the Vision Donor Tour

Major donors to the Building on the Vision campaign take a tour of the Opera House with Renovation Coordinator Peter Hussell and Executive Director Susan Danis (center).

Come back tomorrow to see what they are all looking at!