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| Address | Bennelong Point Sydney New South Wales NSW 2000 Australia |
| Contains | Concert Hall Forecourt Joan Sutherland Theatre Studio Utzon Room |
| Google maps | 33° 51' 24.394" S 151° 12' 55.061" E |
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SydneySimone Young conducts Richard Strauss
Strauss R.
Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Simone Young; Andrea Lam
SydneyCarmenNew production
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Bizet: Carmen
Lidiya Yankovskaya; Anne-Louise Sarks; Opera Australia; Natalie Murray Beale; Tahu Matheson; Marg Horwell
SydneyLa bohème
Puccini: La bohème
Erina Yashima; Gale Edwards; Opera Australia; Brian Thomson; Julie Lynch; John Rayment; Opera Australia Orchestra
SydneyDonald Runnicles conducts Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony
Clyne, Shostakovich
Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Sir Donald Runnicles; Marc-André Hamelin
SydneyDonald Runnicles conducts Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony
Clyne, Beethoven, Shostakovich
Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Sir Donald Runnicles; Marc-André Hamelin
SydneyDonald Runnicles conducts Sibelius and Wagner
Wagner, Sibelius
Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Sir Donald Runnicles; Sasha Cooke
SydneyDonald Runnicles conducts Sibelius and Wagner
Wagner, Elgar, Sibelius
Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Sir Donald Runnicles; Sasha Cooke
SydneyA Musical Awakening
von Bingen, Richter, Eötvös, Lang, Vasks, Various, Beethoven
Australian Chamber Orchestra; Timo-Veikko Valve; Genevieve Lacey
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18th-century fireworks from Stephen Layton and the Sydney Symphony
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Stephen Layton conducts Haydn and Handel, and is joined by soprano Sara Macliver for Bach and Mozart for a joyful evening.
Siobhan Stagg leads a strong Marriage of Figaro revival in Sydney
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Siobhan Stagg is an outstanding Susanna in a strongly cast and well produced Marriage of Figaro at the Sydney Opera House
Watery magic as Nicole Car makes a triumphant return to Sydney
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Nicole Car makes her role debut as Dvořák's Rusalka in a production by Sarah Giles that proves a winner.
Danielle de Niese makes Carmen debut in a colourful new Sydney staging
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Danielle de Niese's assumes the title role at the Sydney Opera House, leading an impressive cast with an interesting approach to characterisation with a somewhat over the top blingy setting.
Nobody puts Bangarra in the corner: Illume delivers a powerful message
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Bangarra Dance Theatre's 2025 commissioned work reclaims space and offers ambitious visuals, but sacrifices intimacy.
Majestic Brahms from Sir Stephen Hough and Elim Chan in Sydney
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Elim Chan expertly conducts the SSO through a varied programme featuring an Australian fanfare, Russian ballet music and Brahms' First Piano Concerto with Sir Stephen Hough.
Genius and madness: The Australian Ballet revives Nijinsky
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Neumeier's Nijinsky explores the professional and personal life of the legendary dancer with intense choreography and powerful performances.
Stunning acrobatics, a forlorn farewell: Dido and Aeneas in Sydney
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Yaron Lifschitz mesmerises from the opening tableaux’s row of candles in his Purcell staging for Opera Australia, featuring Circa, a Brisbane-based circus company.