The architecture is amazing!
It was started in 1957 and finished in 1973.
Even though it is called the Opera House, there
are multiple performing art venues that happen
throughout the year, such as ballet, theater,
the symphony and other concerts
The roof is made up of a series of
large precast concrete "shells"!
large precast concrete "shells"!
There are 1,056,006 glossy white and
matte cream colored Swedish made tiles.
Some people were upset that the tiles
were not 'white'. But the color they
are seems to change with the time of
day and the weather!
matte cream colored Swedish made tiles.
Some people were upset that the tiles
were not 'white'. But the color they
are seems to change with the time of
day and the weather!
The tiles are also self-cleaning!
Because of the design and the material
used, when it rains it washes the tiles!!
Our guide told us that they have
not had to manually clean the tiles~~ever!
INSIDE
A lot of the interior wood is
Australian white birch plywood
and Brush Box, a tree native to Australia.
Pictures of the inside of the performing halls
were "strongly discouraged" so I only got one.
Sorry it is a little blurry!
INSIDE LOOKING OUT!
AMAZING!
We happened to be there during
"VIVID"
the annual festival of lights show in the Sydney Harbour.
The OPERA HOUSE during the show!
The OPERA HOUSE during the show!
and the Harbour Bridge
Dinner! A light show!
A night on the Sydney Harbour
I think we will remember forever!!
So beautiful. Craig and I went to the Opera house many years ago and couldn't believe how cool it was to finally be in a building you had seen all your life in pictures. . . I wish we got to see a show inside. . . miss you!!!
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