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  • Opera Australia Season 2024

    Discover the ways opera is always larger than life with Opera Australia’s 2024 season at Sydney Opera House. With the power of music, these stories explore what makes us human.

    A white woman with a messy, curly ponytail and wearing a beige blazer looks worried at the camera while holding the handle of a sword.

  • Opera Australia: Staging an Opera

    • Opera
    • On-demand

    Ever wondered just how much work goes into an opera production? How does it all begin? Who does it involve? 'Staging an Opera' delves into how resident company Opera Australia brings their productions to life.

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  • Opera Australia - War & Peace (1973)

    • On-demand

    Available worldwide from 4 Sep until 4 Oct 2023Prokofiev’s spectacular adaption of War and Peace marked Opera Australia’s first performance in the building, with more than 70 characters listed in this epic production. Directed by legendary American actor Sam Wanamaker and conducted by Ted Downes. (Stream Premiere)

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    Five people in military dress around a table in conversation. One person is talking with animation, while looking at a paper on the table.

  • Behind the Scenes of Sydney Opera House

    On-Demand Digital Tour | ES1 - 3 | Introduce students to the fascinating uses, features and history of this Australian icon and remarkable performing arts venue.

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  • Opera Australia: Carmen - Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour (2013)

    • On-demand

    Carmen, sexy and impulsive, taunts the men around her and enjoys their adulation. After attacking another woman she has to use her seduction skills with her guard, Don José, to escape going to prison.

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  • Sounds of Australia

    Utzon Room

    2 & 3 May 2025

    • Classical Music

    Experience the evocative soundworlds created by Australian composers in this fascinating concert.

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    A horn, bassoon, cello, and double bass musician play in the Utzon Room

  • Opera Australia: The Marriage of Figaro - Sydney Opera House (2010)

    • On-demand

    A chaotic whirlwind of mistaken identities makes the wedding day of Figaro and Susanna a lesson in hilarity in this 2010 production, directed by Neil Armfield.

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  • Opera Australia - Il Trovatore (1983)

    • On-demand

    Available worldwide from 15 Oct until 15 Nov 2023This 1983 performance features some of Australia’s all-time greatest: Dame Joan Sutherland stars as Leonora, with Kenneth Collins and Jonathan Summers as the two men who love her. Richard Bonynge conducts with sets by legendary Australian painter Sidney Nolan. (Stream Premiere)

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  • Opera Australia - Les Huguenots (1990)

    • On-demand

    Available worldwide from 17 Sep to 17 Oct 2023On 2 October 1990, Dame Joan Sutherland, one of the greatest opera singers of all time, bid farewell with this glorious performance of Meyerbeer’s tragic story, joined on stage by a cast of all-star Australian singers. (Stream Premiere)

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  • Opera Australia - Lucia di Lammermoor (1986)

    • On-demand

    Available worldwide from 30 Sep to 30 Oct 2023Dame Joan Sutherland's performance of Lucia in London in 1959 made her an almost immediate superstar. She returned to her signature role in 1986 in a season in the Concert Hall, directed by John Copley. (Stream Premiere)

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