The Sydney Opera is located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site on June 28, 2007. Based on the competition winning entry by Danish architect Jorn Utzon, the Sydney Opera House is one of the world’s most distinctive 20th century buildings, and one of the most famous performing arts venues in the world. It’s situated on Bennelong Point in Sydney Harbour, close to the Sydney Harbour Bridge. The building and its surroundings are one of the best known icons of Australia.
The Opera House was formally opened by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, on 20, 1973. Then, the Sydney Opera House is an expressionst modern design with a series of large precast concrete ‘shells’. The Opera House covers 1.8 hectares of land. It is 183 metres long and about 120 metres wide at its widest point. The roof of the house are covered with 1,056 milion glossy white and matte cream Swedish –made tiles.
The Sydney Opera House contains five performance space, other areas used for performance recording studio, five restaurants and four souvenir shops. The five venues making up the main performance facilities are The Concert Hall, The Opera Theatre, The Drama Theatre, The Playhouse and The Studio. This is very interesting and unique.
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