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The Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue performing arts centre in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Located on the foreshore of Sydney Harbour , it is widely regarded as one of the world's most famous and distinctive buildings, and a masterpiece of 20th-century architecture.
It reopened as "Sydney Opera House" in September 1880 [3] and for much of the 1880s was under the management of W. J. Wilson (father of Frank Hawthorne), who was joined by Eduardo Majeroni in 1884. [4] In February 1900 the orchestra struck for payment of arrears in wage payments and rather than concede, the management closed the theatre.
The Sydney Symphony performs around 150 concerts a year to a combined annual audience of more than 350,000. The regular subscription concert series are mostly performed at the Sydney Opera House, but other venues around Sydney are used as well, including the City Recital Hall at Angel Place and the Sydney Town Hall. The Town Hall was the home ...
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Sydney Opera House celebrated its 50th birthday on Friday, with a laser show planned to illuminate the iconic building. Officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 20 October ...
Logo of the company Sydney Opera House, home of Opera Australia, illuminated at night. Opera Australia is the principal opera company in Australia.Based in Sydney, New South Wales, its performance season at the Sydney Opera House accompanied by the Opera Australia Orchestra runs for approximately eight months of the year, with the remainder of its time spent at the Arts Centre Melbourne, where ...
From 2014, the Australia Day Concert was staged on the forecourt of the Sydney Opera House from 7.30pm – 9.30pm with Sydney Harbour as a backdrop. In 2014 and 2015, the evening concert followed a morning concert on the Forecourt featuring the Wiggles .
Sydney Tower Buffet, a contemporary self-select restaurant, is on the tower's second level. [17] Studio, located on level three can cater for cocktail functions for 200 people and 156 sit-down guests. [18] The observation deck, currently called the Sydney Tower Eye, is located on level four of Sydney Tower.
Sydney Philharmonia Choirs is Australia’s largest choral organisation. It presents its own annual concert series in the Sydney Opera House, Sydney Town Hall, City Recital Hall, and other venues in New South Wales, as well as serving as chorus for the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Formed in 1920, it currently comprises the following choirs: