Art
Your gift transforms lives through the arts
Singing, dancing, playing music, the spoken word – all of us have experienced the power of the arts to inspire, challenge, uplift, and shape who we are.
For more than four decades, the Opera House has showcased the very best of Australian and international classical and contemporary music, dance and theatre, talks and ideas, and Indigenous culture.
Your gift today helps to make sure that the Opera House can continue to transform lives through the performing arts.
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Bringing world orchestras to Australia
Bringing world orchestras to Australia
Music
The world’s great orchestras – Staatskapelle Berlin, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Berlin Philharmonic, Israel Philharmonic, London Philharmonic, London Symphony, I Musici – and classical artists – Nigel Kennedy, Cameron Carpenter, Steve Reich, Joanna McGregor, Florian Boesch, and many more – have all inspired Australian audiences at their Opera House-presented performances.
Make your gift today to help the Opera House continue to present the world's great orchestras.
Opera
The world's greatest singers – Renée Fleming, Cecilia Bartoli, Bryn Terfel, Lisa Gasteen, Emma Kirkby, Susan Bullock, Susan Graham, Les Arts Florissants, The Sixteen and many more – have thrilled Australian audiences at their Opera House-presented performances.
Make your gift today to help the Opera House continue to present the world's best opera singers.
Meet the artists behind the projections | Badu Gili
Meet the artists behind the projections | Badu Gili
First Nations art on the sails
Badu Gili – meaning ‘water light’ in the language of the traditional owners of Bennelong Point, the Gadigal people – is a free daily spectacular seven-minute projection of First Nations art, illuminating the Opera House’s eastern Bennelong sail year-round at sunset, 7pm, 8pm and 9pm.
Curated by the Opera House’s Head of First Nations Programming, Rhoda Roberts AO, Badu Gili weaves together the work of five eminent First Nations artists from across Australia and the Torres Strait Islands, Jenuarrie (Judith Warrie), Frances Belle Parker, Alick Tipoti and the late Lin Onus and Minnie Pwerle.
Make your gift today to help the Opera House continue to present contemporary First Nations art.
Meet the dancers & performers of Dance Rites 2018
Meet the dancers & performers of Dance Rites 2018
First Nations
The most exciting First Nations cultural experiences are an essential part of the Opera House. Songlines, which turned the Opera House’ sails into an an animated canvas of contemporary Australian Indigenous art in 2016, was experienced online by more than six million people worldwide. Dance Rite is Australia’s national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander dance competition, brought into existence through the vision of Opera House donors in 2015. It brings together communities from around Australia to revitalise, celebrate and maintain First Nations culture, dance, language and stories.
Make your gift today to help the Opera House continue to present contemporary First Nations culture.
Digital Creative Learning program
Digital Creative Learning program
Children & families
Schools can experience live performances at the Opera House, or via live-stream through our Digital Creative Learning program. Live, interactive, and free to all Australian public schools, this program also offers a unique suite of digital excursions that take students behind-the-scenes at Bennelong Point and extend the live performance program for deeper learning.
Make your gift today to help the Opera House continue to present the arts to children and families.
Performance
The best of contemporary dancers – Akram Khan Dance Company, DV8, Hofesh Schechter Company, Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company, María Pagés, Mark Morris Dance Group, Nederlands Dans Theater, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Sylvie Guillem, TAO Dance Theatre, Hiroaki Umeda, Eva Yerbabuena, and more – have all moved Australian audiences at their Opera House-presented performances.
Make your gift today to help the Opera House continue to present the world's best.
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