Nicknamed ‘Benny’ after Bennelong Point, he has appeared alongside Homer Simpson in a cartoon created for GRAPHIC Festival 2016 by Matt Groening. According to UNESCO, its inclusion was based on “…a daring and visionary experiment that has had an enduring influence on the emergent architecture of the late 20th century”.Ī wild New Zealand fur seal has been regularly spotted sunbathing on the Opera House’s northern VIP steps since 2014. The Opera House joins the likes of the Taj Mahal, Machu Pichu and the Great Wall of China as one of the most outstanding examples of our civilization’s cultural achievements. In 2007, the House was declared a World Heritage Site, making it the youngest ever be included on the list, and only of two cultural sites inducted while the architect (Jørn Utzon, 1918-2008) was still alive. The first public performance at the House was the Australian Opera’s take on Prokofiev’s epic War and Peace on 28 September 23 1973, a month before the House’s official opening by Queen Elizabeth II.
The visiting American singer, actor and civil rights activist Paul Robeson scaled the scaffolding to sing Ol’ Man River in his booming baritone to a mob of construction workers.
Paul Robeson was the first person to Perform at Opera House in November 1960 when it was little more than a building site. Here are five fascinating facts about the Opera House most people have never heard: Here at Opera Bar we’re extraordinarily lucky to have one of the most celebrated architectural masterpieces in the world, the Sydney Opera House, at our doorstep.Įven after numerous visits to 20th century icon, the Opera House has so much history, most only know snippets from whole story, and some of the crazy statistics behind Sydney’s most beloved (and at times controversial) landmark.įor example, how much did the Opera House cost to build, really? $102 million (if you’ve ever taken the Opera House’s awesome guided tour, you may know this one!) 5 weird and wonderful things you might not know about the Sydney Opera House!
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