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• Title: Sydney Opera House 360° Experience
• Creator: Sydney Opera House
• Date Created: 2016
• Location: Sydney, Australia

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Stream Live performances, original films and new work for screen

Live at Sydney Opera House

We’ve just unveiled our newest collection of live performance films recorded at the House. Now’s the perfect time to catch up on the shows you missed, relive the ones you saw or even discover something new, all from the comfort of your own home.

Introducing the Stream app

Turn your living room into a theatre or watch on the go. The Stream app gives you access to world-class performing arts wherever you are.

Live Performances Contemporary Music

José González - Vivid LIVE (2023)

Returning to Australia for Vivid LIVE last year, master singer-songwriter José González celebrated the 20th anniversary of the album that launched him, 2003’s indie folk classic, Veneer . 

Yaeji - Vivid LIVE (2023)

Available worldwide from 15 Sep 2023 until 15 Mar 2024 A true global icon of 21st-century club pop, Korean-American artist Yaeji brought fans together in the Joan Sutherland Theatre with an immersive multimedia live show, showcasing her debut album, 'With A Hammer'. (Premiere)

Sampa The Great - Vivid LIVE (2022)

In an Australian exclusive performance for Vivid LIVE 2022, Sampa Tembo – better known as Sampa The Great – debuted her long-awaited show ‘An Afro Future’, performing the four-time ARIA award-winning debut album ‘The Return’ with her epic band, dancers and singers.

Live Performances Orchestral, Ballet & Opera

Simone Young conducts Mahler 2

To celebrate the reopening of the Concert Hall, and a season of new beginnings, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra turn to Mahler’s mighty Second Symphony with new Chief Conductor, Simone Young. 

Sydney Symphony Orchestra - Play with Ray (2023)

Presented by the Sydney Symphony and Ray Chen, Play with Ray will make dreams a reality for three emerging violinists. Together, they’ll perform Bach’s extraordinary and dramatic Concerto for Two Violins, with each violinist featuring in one movement alongside Ray Chen. Bach’s beautiful interweaving melodies and cascading passages will allow each violinist their moment to shine.

Green Room Music - Three Marys (2023)

Available worldwide from 24 Sep 2023 to 24 Sep 2028 An international collaboration by award-winning artists composer Andrée Greenwell and librettist Christine Evans, this fully staged chamber opera melds music, myth and imagination in an intergenerational story of women who must flee for their lives. (Premiere)

Live Performances Theatre & Dance

Highlights from Boublil & Schönberg’s 'Do You Hear The People Sing?’

Through decades of collaboration, lyricist Alain Boublil and composer Claude-Michel Schönberg have graced world stages with timeless classics such as Les Misérables, Miss Saigon, La Révolution Française, Martin Guerre and The Pirate Queen.

Steven Oliver - Bigger & Blacker (2021)

Available worldwide from 9 Oct 2023 until 9 Oct 2025 Steven Oliver from ABC’s hit television series 'Black Comedy' is joined on-stage with musician Michael Griffiths for the critically acclaimed comedy cabaret 'Bigger & Blacker', recorded in the Studio in 2021.

This Is Personal

Mary Coustas, the celebrated Australian comedian, actress, writer, and creator of the iconic 90’s character Effie, premieres her most intimate show to date, This Is Personal. 

Performance Films

‘In Session’ is a series of intimate, long-form music films, staged behind closed doors. In taking a highly stylised filmic approach, ‘In Session’ goes beyond the confines of a traditional performance film, giving audiences an entirely unique and close-up perspective on their favourite artists.

Angela Goh - The Concert (2022)

Available worldwide from 10 Sep until 31 Dec 2023 Reimagining the Concert Hall’s original Acoustic “Doughnuts”, Angela Goh’s film weaves together dance, song, poetry, sound and cinematography, and takes one of the most recognisable buildings on the planet and renders it into otherworldly terrain. (Stream Premiere)

The Mirror: Sweet Sacred Bliss

Circus and cabaret come together in this cinematically ravishing adaptation of The Mirror, a boundary-pushing work from multi-award-winning company Gravity & Other Myths.

Documentaries & Interviews

The Takeover

What happens when you suspend the school timetable for 3 weeks and give students full creative control? Follow the journey of teachers and students of Liverpool Boys High School in Western Sydney, as the traditional school structure is turned on its head and creativity takes the reins.

Whispers: Megan Cope

On Tubowgule, now called Bennelong Point, Quandamooka artist Megan Cope introduces Whispers, a melding of First Nations history and environmental consciousness. In this artwork, commissioned for our 50th anniversary, more than 85,000 oyster shells are positioned across the Sydney Opera House precinct. The artist evokes the ancestral midden sites that were used on this site for Aboriginal celebrations and gatherings for thousands of years.

London Symphony Orchestra: LSO Discovery Project

Young musicians from Sydney and NSW join forces with members of the London Symphony Orchestra to perform a programme of diverse repertoire. Featuring works by Ethel Smyth, Edward Elgar, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Ayanna Witter-Johnson and more. 

Who’s In The Lift?

Curious kids step through the giant doors of the scenery lift at the Sydney Opera House and meet some amazing people from the stage and behind the scenes.

Teeny Tiny Stevies In Big Spaces

Join much-loved children’s band the Teeny Tiny Stevies as they perform  I Ate a Rainbow ,  Boy or Girl Colour  and  Boss of My Own Body , plus a selection of favourite songs from their brand new album.

Erth’s Prehistoric World (2022)

Available worldwide from 18 Sep until 16 Apr 2027 Erth's enthralling puppetry-based childrens' show is the perfect combination of theatrical magic and charm, featuring ancient bio-luminescent sea creatures and some of the most amazing dinosaurs to have ever walked this Earth.

all about women 2023

Join us from wherever you are! A selection of ten talks at All About Women will be livestreamed from our stages in 2023, meaning you can catch keynote talks from Bikini Kill, Jennette McCurdy, Grace Tame and so many more even if you can't make it to the House on the day.

All About Women 2023 | Bikini Kill, Chloe Hayden, Grace Tame, Flex Mami & more

If you missed it back in March, here’s your chance to experience All About Women , our annual celebration of extraordinary thinkers, writers and artists that poses vital questions about gender equality and justice.

UNSW Sydney UTZON Lecture - Livestream (2023)

Available worldwide from 17 Oct 2023 Join Jan and Lin Utzon in conversation – as we journey through the legacy of their father, Jørn Utzon, the visionary architect of the Sydney Opera House, examining the architectural brilliance of the building that has inspired a nation. 

Digital Originals

Lu Yang: DOKU, The Binary World

Digital Performance |  Stages 4 - 6 |   Combining creativity, technology, dance, gaming and storytelling, students experience the future of technology and art through genderless avatars inspired by anime, video games and Buddhist philosophy.

Shortwave - New Digital Commissions

Shortwave  is a platform for early-career, interdisciplinary Australian artists, commissioned to create new work which explores and extends their digital practice. With  Brad Darkson ,  Nasim Patel ,  JD Reforma ,  Claudia Nicholson ,  Riana Head-Toussaint  and  Feras Shaheen .

Music of the Sails

To mark our 50th anniversary the Sydney Opera House becomes its own star performer, as the building itself creates its own sonic universe through a unique, month-long data-driven soundscape.

Special Presentations

The Last Post (Winds of Change)

The Last Post (Winds of Change) is a new arrangement of the special ceremonial piece, which holds great significance to everyone who has fought for this country, their families, and for Australian citizens.

Open House Weekend - Livestream (2023)

Available worldwide from 22 Oct 2023 To celebrate our 50th birthday, we’re throwing open our doors for a free event, live-streamed around the world. Join us as we move explore our famous venues and witness the magic that takes place behind the scenes. (Premiere)

What Is the City but the People? - Livestream (2023)

Available worldwide from 1 Oct 2023 until 1 Oct 2028 Backed by live music and photographs created by local artists, ‘What Is the City but the People?’ invites Sydneysiders to parade down a large scale catwalk on the Forecourt of Sydney Opera House. (Premiere)

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Sydney opera house and sydney harbour.

Transport yourself into Sydney Harbour and visit the magnificent Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge when you take a tour with Andrew, a former Opera House performer and Opera House tour guide. Learn about the history, design and controversy surrounding the construction of one of the world's most recognisable icons! Stunning views, one million ceramic tiles and gold infused windows are just some of the things you'll see and hear about on this 360 degree Virtual Tour from our very knowledgeable tour guide. Why are the Opera House shells shaped the way they are? What were the construction blow out costs? Who has performed here in the past? Learn all this and more on the 360 Opera House tour!

About our 360 tours

All of our tours and experiences are filmed with the latest 360 cameras, meaning you can look around at whatever you like during the tour!

Up, down, left, right, you name it, the choice is yours! Depending on what device you are using, simply pan around with your mouse, finger or headset to enjoy the views around you. Use the icons on your screen to move to different parts of the tour, pause or mute the tour, switch to full screen or VR mode, learn about your guide, and even make a booking for a real in-person experience!

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Google Launches Virtual Tour Inside Sydney Opera House

Google Cultural Institute offers virtual vacation to the land down under.

— -- Get ready for a virtual vacation to the land down under.

Google 's Cultural Institute launched a virtual tour of the Sydney Opera House this week, giving people around the world a chance to virtually explore the landmark.

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More than 1,000 artifacts from the iconic building's 60-year history are ready to be explored, including the original designs for the building, diaries of the architect and photographs of the opening in 1973 featuring Queen Elizabeth II .

The tour lets virtual vacationers wander around the building at their own pace -- even giving them the chance to feel what it's like to stand on stage.

Google's Cultural Institute also lets armchair travelers explore other world wonders, including the Taj Mahal, Giza and more. The experiences are available for mobile devices, tablets and desktop. They can also be viewed on Google's Arts & Culture app for iOS and Android.

Enjoy the "trip"!

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