Decade of Renewal

News, videos and features about the Opera House's ten-year Renewal program

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Find out more about the biggest upgrade in Opera House history and how more than $275 million of works are transforming this world-famous icon for the 21st century.

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Concert Hall stage demolition

Watch this incredible time lapse of the Concert Hall stage being demolished to make way for renewal upgrades that will improve sightlines, backstage access and the experience for performers and audiences.

Preserving the Grand Organ

Find out how we’re taking care of the Grand Organ during Concert Hall renewal.

Image gallery: Concert Hall Renewal

Take a look behind the doors of the Concert Hall to see how renewal works are progressing inside the famous venue.

Work begins to transform Concert Hall for new era

Better sound, better access and more ambitious performances to be enabled by $150 million upgrade.

Watch the Sydney Symphony's final performance of 2019

Simone Young conducts the orchestra performing Mahler's Klagende Lied.

Tempo primo

A look back at the Sydney Symphony Orchestra’s greatest moments.

A new passageway improves access to the Joan Sutherland Theatre

Venue opens up to all patrons with new improvements as part of Renewal.

Joan Sutherland Theatre passageway and lift wins UNESCO Award

Award recognises exemplary efforts to conserve places of heritage value.

Opera House reaches next major Renewal milestone with opening of Yallamundi Rooms

The Yallamundi Rooms are the first new venue created inside the Opera House since the refurbishment of the Utzon Room in 2004.

Work begins to transform Concert Hall

Watch part one in a four part series documenting the Concert Hall's $150 million upgrade for better sound, better access and more ambitious performances.

The work that makes magic

How we're renewing the Joan Sutherland Theatre.

A grand design

Behind the scenes of legendary TV designer Kevin McCloud's Opera House visit.

Brilliant sound

Fine-tuning the acoustics of the Joan Sutherland Theatre

Restoring the Coburn Tapestries

The Concert Hall is getting a major $150 million upgrade so you can enjoy better sound, better access and more ambitious performances.

A journey through the transformations of the Opera House site evidenced by recent archaeological discoveries.

The new reflectors and drapes are put to the test.

Ever wondered what happens in the wings, behind-the-scenes, up in the lights?

The curtain rises on $71 million-dollar upgrades.

Host of the wildly popular Grand Designs, Kevin McCloud is no stranger to ambitious architectural projects.

Planning approvals

View the Opera House’s Concert Hall Renewal Approvals.

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