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The Sydney Opera House was formally opened by Queen Elizabeth II, on 20 October 1973. A large crowd attended. A large crowd attended. The opening was televised and included fireworks and a performance of Beethoven 's Symphony No. 9 .
Rites of Passage was first performed at the Sydney Opera House on 27 September 1974. The Australian Opera Chorus, Australian Dance Theatre under their director Jaap Flier, and the Australian Elizabethan Trust Sydney Orchestra were all led by John Hopkins. [9] [10] Sculthorpe was in attendance, and received both cheers and boos. The work itself ...
On October 20, 1973 — exactly 50 years ago this Friday — the Sydney Opera House was opened to great fanfare by the late Queen Elizabeth II.. Completed a decade late and vastly over-budget, the ...
She returned to Australia in 1970, joining in 1971 the Australian Opera (now Opera Australia) as a major principal till retiring from that company in 2003. Her debut with OA was in 1971 as Liù in Puccini's Turandot in 1971, then Marguerite in Gounod's Faust. In the first season at the Sydney Opera House (1973–74) she sang Pamina in The Magic ...
Sponsored by the Shell-Sydney Opera House Foundation [1] with a grant of $50,000, the first Festival was held at the Concert Hall during the opening celebrations of the Sydney Opera House in 1973. [2] The festivals were held in Sydney but were later also held in Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide, Darwin and Brisbane. [3] In 1975 one thousand ...
20 October – Sydney Opera House officially opened by Elizabeth II [9] 1 December – Papua New Guinea is granted self-government prior to independence; 31 December – AC/DC perform their first major gig in Sydney. Removal of the "White Australia Policy".
Jørn Oberg Utzon AC (Danish: [ˈjɶɐ̯ˀn ˈutsʌn]; 9 April 1918 – 29 November 2008) [1] was a Danish architect. In 1957, he won an international design competition for his design of the Sydney Opera House in Australia.
Sydney typifies the laid-back nature of Australia, from the busy sands of Bondi Beach to the serene waters of the harbour. These locations, together with the Harbour Bridge and the Opera House ...