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Y Demil of The Possum Dreaming (19&&)
The mural in the Opera Theater foyer is by
Michael Tja kama rr a Nelson, an Aboriginal artist
from the central Australian desert.

A Concert Hall
This is the largest interior venue in the
Opera House, with seating for 2,679 people.
It is used for a wide variety of performances,
A Opera Theater including symphony, choral, jazz, folk, and A Northern Foyers
Mainly used for opera and pop concerts, as well as variety shows. The Reception Hall and the large
ballet, this 1,54 7-seat theater Northern Foyers of the Opera Theater
is big enough to stage grand and Concert Hall have spectacular
operas such as Verdi's Aida. views over Sydney Harbour.

Monumental Steps KEY DATES
These, and the forecourt, 1959-73 1973 2007
are used for outdoor films
and free entertainment.
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House is constructed \1\er and Feace is is inscribed in the
to a design by the first public UN[SCO World
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Opera House
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Resmurant
This is one of the finest
restaurants in Sydney.

Playhouse
Seating almost 400
people, this venue is
ideal for inti mate
productions, yet
~ Roofs it is also able to present
Although apocryphal, the story plays with larger casts.
Detail of Utzon's Tapestry (2004) A
that J0rn Utzon' s arched roof TJ0rn Utzon's original design for this Gobelin-
design came to him while he was style tapestry, which hangs floor to ceiling in the
peeling an orange is enchanting. remodeled Reception Hall, was inspired by the
The highest point is 221 ft (67 m)
music of 18th-century German composer and
above sea I euel. musician Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach.