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SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE

Sydney Opera House
sydney, New South Wales 2000

Horizon
Horizon
6/11 - 7/13/2024


There is a place between the sea and the sky – a sacred realm, where the sun rises and falls, and the light is new. ...


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Max Richter Will Embark on Australian Tour in 2025


by Stephi Wild - May 30, 2024

Max Richter’s fusion of classical technique and electronic technology - heard across genre-defining solo albums and countless scores for film, dance, art and fashion - has won him legions of fans around the world and blazed a trail for a generation of musicians.  ...

Photos: First Look at Sarah Brightman in Australian SUNSET BOULEVARD


by Nicole Rosky - May 24, 2024

Norma's home at last! Sarah Brightman is leading  the Australian production of Sunset Boulevard, now running at Melbourne's Princess Theatre followed by a season at the Sydney Opera House from August 28. Check out photos of the cast in action here....

FORM Dance Projects Will Launch IDEA'24 Festival


by Stephi Wild - May 20, 2024

FORM Dance Projects will launch its new annual Dance Festival IDEA - Independent Dance Exchange Australia. For four weeks across the Greater Sydney area, IDEA’24 will feature an intensive program of public performances, workshops and seminars held by local and global leadership across First Nations ...

Video: Watch Tim Draxl Perform the Title Song from SUNSET BOULEVARD


by Blair Ingenthron - May 18, 2024

Watch Tim Draxl perform Andrew Lloyd Webber’s iconic “Sunset Boulevard” in the video here. The production commences on May 21 at the Princess Theatre followed by a season at the Sydney Opera House from August 28. ...

Superstar Pianist Yiruma Announces Encore Sydney Concert


by A.A. Cristi - May 16, 2024

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IN THE HEIGHTS Comes to the Sydney Opera House in July


by Stephi Wild - May 06, 2024

Lights up! Discover Washington Heights at the Sydney Opera House when Lin-Manuel Miranda’s ground-breaking debut musical In the Heights arrives for a strictly limited six-week season from 20 July to 25 August. ...

Sydney Philharmonia Choirs Present ChorusOz 2024


by Stephi Wild - May 02, 2024

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Joanna Lumley To Tour Australia For The Very First Time With ME & MY TRAVELS


by A.A. Cristi - May 01, 2024

Join Joanna Lumley on her first-ever Australian tour. The renowned actress and presenter will be sharing anecdotes from her illustrious career. Don't miss this unique opportunity to see Lumley live....

Jim Jeffries Will Embark on Australian Tour This August


by Stephi Wild - April 29, 2024

Rock star comedian, TV show host, podcaster and writer Jim Jefferies will bring his Give ‘Em What They Want Tour to Australia this August....

REVIEW: Sydney Theatre Company's NO PAY? NO WAY! Returns Even Better And More Relevant


by Jade Kops - April 12, 2024

In 2020, pre-Covid, Sydney Theatre Company staged NO PAY? NO WAY!, Marieke Hardy’s adaptation of Dario Fo and Franca Rame’s political farce SOTTO PAGA! NON SI PAGA!  This production, directed by Sarah Giles has been given an encore season with new performers stepping into three of the five roles, re...

Past Shows

A Midsummer Night's Dream


Shakespeare’s classic comedy,  A Midsummer Night’s Dream , is reawakened in this breathless production brimming with magic, mirth and mayhem. Love is in the air ...

Twelfth Night
Twelfth Night
10/24 - 11/19/2023


HIDDEN IDENTITIES AND UNREQUITED LOVE Viola is shipwrecked and believes her twin Sebastian lost to the ocean. Washed up in a strange new land, determined ...

The Tap Pack
The Tap Pack
7/19 - 7/30/2023


Picking up where the Rat Pack left off, The Tap Pack conjure up a modern twist to the crooners and artists from the ‘50s through ...

Sydney International Piano Competition – Finals


The Sydney International Piano Competition   is thrilled to announce the return of the world-renowned competition from 5th to 22nd July, with 32 of the ...

Sydney Comedy Festival Gala – Sydney Opera House


Catch the hottest acts of the Sydney Comedy Festival all in one incredible show! Sydney’s biggest month of comedy kicks off in grand style with ...

Simone Young conducts Beethoven’s Fidelio


The Sydney Symphony Orchestra will present Beethoven’s Fidelio as an opera-in-concert, collaborating with internationally-renowned artists from across the globe.   Sydney Symphony Orchestra Chief Conductor Simone ...

James Ehnes performs Beethoven
James Ehnes performs Beethoven
11/9 - 11/12/2022


Grammy-award winning James Ehnes, one of the world’s most sought-after violinists, returns to perform his masterly interpretation of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto with the Sydney Symphony ...

Compassion: Lior & Nigel Westlake


Australian singer-songwriter Lior and acclaimed composer Nigel Westlake team up to present “ Compassion” with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Based on Hebrew-Arabic text, “ Compassion” ...

Meremere
Meremere
8/25 - 8/27/2022


An award-winning performance documentary from renowned dancer and performer Rodney Bell Ngti Maniapoto, Meremere draws on Bells Maori culture, creating a richly layered work of ...

UnWrapped
UnWrapped
5/8 - 6/11/2022


The Sydney Opera House presents new work responding to the ever-evolving landscape as part of the latest season of UnWrapped. Out-of-the-box and stimulating, UnWrapped includes ...

La Boheme
La Boheme
4/1 - 4/2/2022


"On a freezing Christmas Eve, love sparks. Two hands meet in the dark and four friends lives change forever.Experience the romance of the original bohemian ...

La Juive
La Juive
9/3 - 3/26/2022


From her to oblivionCan love ever drive out hatred?A young couple begin a dangerous, passionate affair. In their world, a Jew cannot love a Christian. ...

Maria Stuarda
Maria Stuarda
3/23 - 3/25/2022


A throne is not made for two Which Queen will rule her country and his heart?Every aria demands greatness. Some interpretations transcend talent to reach ...

Otello
Otello
2/19 - 3/19/2022


Good or evil. Life or death.A flawed hero. An innocent woman. A masterful villain.Verdi takes the best bits of one of Shakespeares most famous works ...

Turandot
Turandot
1/12 - 3/14/2022


As the moon rises, a death cry wails through imperial Peking. Torture and death mean nothing. Freedom means everything. Can the princess win her hearts ...

The Marriage of Figaro
The Marriage of Figaro
1/27 - 2/18/2022


A chaotic whirlwind of mistaken identities makes the wedding day of Figaro and Susanna a lesson in hilarity.With a witty, fast-moving libretto and hum-along melodies, ...

New Year's Eve at the Sydney Opera House


On a freezing Christmas Eve, love sparks. Two hands meet in the dark and four friends lives change forever.Dress up to the nines, kick up ...

A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream
10/12 - 11/7/2021


Shakespeares classic comedy, A Midsummer Nights Dream, is reawakened in this breathless production brimming with magic, mirth and mayhem. Love is in the air in ...

Hamlet
Hamlet
8/7 - 9/4/2021


Originally programmed for Bell Shakespeares 30th anniversary season in 2020, Peter Evans critically acclaimed production of one of Shakespeares most iconic and tragic works returns ...

One Man In His Time: John Bell and Shakespeare


If I had my life again, I would choose no other course John BellSpend an evening with John Bell, a man who believed that Australians ...

Four Tet
10/16


The Sydney Opera House will stream Four Tet - Live from Sydney Opera House, a concert that took place in 2016. The stream will premiere ...

Faulty Towers The Dining Experience


This 'outrageous, ingenious' show ( scenestr) makes its triumphant return for the 9th season to the one and only Sydney Opera House in March 2020 ...

SIX
1/4 - 3/5/2020


book: Toby Marlow, Lucy Moss; lyrics: Toby Marlow, Lucy Moss; music: Toby Marlow, Lucy Moss; dir: Jaime Armitage, Lucy Moss....

La Bohème
1/2 - 1/30/2020


Giacomo Puccini’s beautiful score has made this poignant tragedy the most performed and the most popular opera in the world. la Bohème has been the ...

Penn & Teller: The world's greatest comedy magicians


The masters of modern magic Penn & Teller will bring their record-breaking Las Vegas live show to Australia for the very first time in January ...

Cirque Stratosphere
Cirque Stratosphere
12/24 - 12/29/2019


A dazzling new show, Cirque Stratosphere features gravity-defying acts on a scale never seen before at the Opera House. For six nights only, a troupe ...

Il Viaggio a Reims
10/24 - 11/2/2019


Il viaggio a Reims Gioachino Rossini Il viaggio a Reims is set in a spa hotel where dignitaries from all over Europe have assembled on ...

The Marriage of Figaro
10/18 - 11/2/2019


One of the most celebrated and delightfully amusing operas ever written, Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro involves a wildly entertaining parade of mistaken identities, cross-dressing ...

Great Opera Hits
2/11 - 10/27/2019


These relaxed concerts make for a perfect evening, as the sun sets across Sydney Harbour, and last around 90 minutes. Listen to famous arias from ...

Natives Go Wild
Natives Go Wild
10/19 - 10/27/2019


World premiere of First Nations cabaret Natives Go Wild at Sydney Opera House.Step right up into a wild world of mystery. A mistold tale of ...

West Side Story
8/16 - 10/6/2019

Natalia Osipova’s Pure Dance


In an Australian exclusive, one of ballets biggest superstars balances the old and the new, and spins an ode to an art form. Witness Osipovas ...

Natalia Osipova’s Pure Dance


In an Australian exclusive, one of ballets biggest superstars balances the old and the new, and spins an ode to an art form. Witness Osipovas ...

Thrones! The Musical Parody
Thrones! The Musical Parody
6/5 - 6/30/2019


This June, the Sydney Opera House will premiere the latest edition of Thrones!, the uproarious musical parody of HBOs Game of Thrones. Fresh off the ...

Chamber Pot Opera
Chamber Pot Opera
11/4 - 4/28/2019


Following seasons in Adelaide, Edinburgh and St Petersburg, Russia, CHAMBER POT OPERA returns to Sydney to play in Australias foremost Opera venue, the Sydney Opera ...

Junior Adventure Tour
Junior Adventure Tour
9/29 - 10/8/2018


Uncover mysterious secrets and unusual facts with this jam-packed journey through the Sydney Opera House. The Junior Adventure Tour is filled with interactive activities and ...

The Gauntlet
The Gauntlet
9/1 - 9/2/2018


Part of Antidote 2018, The Gauntlet is a tonal experiment like no other. Formations of singers will create musical phrases and tones that echo around ...

Snow White
Snow White
6/6 - 6/10/2018


Featuring costumes by legendary haute couture designer Jean Paul Gaultier, lavish sets by Thierry Leproust and music by Gustav Mahler, this wickedly dark retelling of ...

The Miss Behave Gameshow
The Miss Behave Gameshow
3/7 - 3/18/2018


Direct from Las Vegas and following sold out seasons around the globe, this smash-hit show starring London’s queen of cabaret, Amy Saunders (La Soiree, La ...

Limbo Unhinged
Limbo Unhinged
1/4 - 3/3/2018


Plunge into an exciting world of deeply seductive acts and other-worldly talent in this fast-paced, kaleidoscopic experience. The atmosphere is charged and the air itself ...

Operation Ouch!
Operation Ouch!
1/6 - 1/7/2018


The stars of the hit ABC Me series Operation Ouch! have been hard at work, creating more incredible medical stunts and even crazier experiments. Returning ...

Three Sisters
Three Sisters
11/8 - 12/18/2017


What if you could start life over again, knowing what you do now? What if it were all a rough draft waiting to be rewritten? ...

Green Day's American Idiot
Green Day's American Idiot
1/11 - 11/14/2017


Winner of two Tony Awards® and the Grammy® Award for Best Musical Show Album, American Idiot is the explosive new musical featuring the entire Green ...

Dinner
Dinner
9/11 - 10/28/2017


Paige is a socialite extraordinaire with a nasty streak that runs a mile deep. Tonight, she is reluctantly celebrating her husband’s best-selling book. The usual ...

Choir of Hard Knocks 10th Anniversary ‘Hope and Inspiration’ Tour


Choir of Hard Knocks 10th Anniversary ‘Hope and Inspiration’ Tour Melbourne Street Choir Inc presents Choir of Hard Knocks With Founding Artistic Director Dr Jonathon ...

Switzerland
Switzerland
11/3 - 12/20/2014


A stranger calls... Finely plotted, suspenseful and surprising, Switzerland will have you on the edge of your seat. Following the success of Fury in 2013, ...

Children of the Sun
Children of the Sun
9/8 - 10/25/2014


Following on from his adaptation of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya, Andrew Upton's new adaptation of Maxim Gorky's Children of the Sun takes a fresh, colloquial look ...

Pinocchio
Pinocchio
4/11 - 5/4/2014


Once there was a lonely man with lots of love to give. He wanted a child so much that he carved himself a beautiful little ...

Noises Off
Noises Off
2/17 - 4/5/2014


From Wilde to Orton via Benny Hill, English comedy has trodden a fine line between the incisively witty and the earthily broad. Of course the ...

Cinderella
11/29 - 12/18/2013


Cinders is getting a brand-new dress! Alexei Ratmansky, formerly artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet and now resident choreographer of American Ballet Theatre, is creating ...

La Sylphide
11/7 - 11/25/2013


Act I James, a young Scottish farmer, dozes in an armchair. The Sylphide, a woodland sprite, kneels by his side. After flitting around the room, ...

Macbeth
Macbeth
7/21 - 9/27/2013


A dark prophecy triggers Shakespeare's gory tragedy that charts the rise, rise and fall of a political couple whose wayward moral compass takes them in ...

South Pacific
9/12 - 9/27/2013


After 7 Tony Awards ® and sell-out seasons on Broadway and the West End, the Lincoln Centre Theater’s stunning production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s South ...

Tosca
7/6 - 8/31/2013


ohn Bell directs a stark, monumental staging of Puccini’s riveting drama of love, jealousy and sacrifice set in Mussolini’s Italy in the 1940s. Two true ...


In his Requiem, Verdi brought together his theatrical instincts, his gift for vocal writing and a whole life’s experience to create a musical work that ...

Blak
6/8 - 6/22/2013


In 2013, internationally acclaimed Bangarra Dance Theatre presents Blak. Choreographed by Artistic Director Stephen Page and emerging choreographer and company dancer Daniel Riley McKinley, Blak ...

Vanguard
4/30 - 5/18/2013


To celebrate the centenary of the magnificent Ballets Russes, I have embarked upon generating a diptych: two contrasting yet complementary ideas produced on two sides ...

Don Quixote
4/5 - 4/24/2013


Don Quixote is on a quest: to find the idealised beloved of his age-addled dreams. The mettlesome lovers Kitri and Basilio are also on a ...

Frankenstein
3/27 - 4/13/2013


Thrilling, moving, scary and beautiful – a man born as an adult has to survive on his wits, learning fast. This is a rollercoaster ride ...

Orpheus in The Underworld
2/28 - 3/27/2013


Sparkling melodies, cartoonish delights, pyrotechnics and fast-paced dance routines make this production of Offenbach’s operetta a treat for all ages. The worlds of musical theatre ...

Dancestry
3/22 - 3/24/2013


One of the highlights of the Message Sticks Festival is the daily Dancestry grounds, where traditional ceremony is performed each day. This year’s gathering in ...

Carmina Burana
3/21 - 3/23/2013


Carmina Burana is fated to be one of the most famous and recognised of all choral works on the strength of just one number. But ...


Tchaikovsky always wears his heart on his sleeve, whether in the exhilarating brilliance of his most popular piano concerto or in his youthful and very ...

Yes, Prime Minister
2/13 - 3/2/2013


The much loved BBC hit TV series is now a hilarious new stage play and has become London’s biggest hit comedy in decades. Enter Jim ...

Swan Lake
12/1 - 12/30/2012


Swan Lake, the world’s most beloved ballet, returns to its roots in a new traditional production by The Australian Ballet. Created especially for our 50th ...

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Sydney Lyric Theatre (3/7 - 6/16)
Carousel - A Concert in Australia - Sydney Carousel - A Concert
State Theatre (9/3 - 9/4)
Great Opera Hits in Australia - Sydney Great Opera Hits
Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House (6/30 - 10/21)
Karim in Australia - Sydney Karim
Riverside Theatres (7/25 - 8/3)
Children Are Stinky in Australia - Sydney Children Are Stinky
Riverside Theatres (7/11 - 7/13)
Ride The Cyclone in Australia - Sydney Ride The Cyclone
Hayes Theatre (5/23 - 6/22)
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