sydney opera house

World-renowned choreographer, dancer and director Benjamin Millepied is bringing his take on William Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet to the Sydney Opera House for the Australian premier of his show, and his studio, the L.A. Dance Project.

The Sydney Opera House is one of our nation’s most treasured cultural landmarks. With almost 11 million visitors per year, the Sydney Opera House illustrates how even the largest organisations can take creative approaches to energy and waste management to address the climate crisis.

As environmental sustainability manager at the Sydney Opera House, Emma Bombonato helps determine the trajectory of the iconic institution’s sustainability program. 

The Opera House is a world-leader in sustainability. It was the first heritage building in Australia to achieve a 5-star green rating and achieved carbon neutrality five years ahead of schedule. Bombonato and her team are currently focussed on making the building and organisation climate positive.

She talks exclusively to Jarrod Reedie about how sustainability is key to the Sydney Opera House's performance and ongoing status as one of the world's most iconic heritage and entertainment sites and what the ultimate goal of this sustainability focus is, now on the 50th anniversary of its completion.

Richard Hough has been a structural engineer with Arup for over 40 years, including periods as a Director in Arup’s London office, as Managing Principal of Arup’s California practice, and as Managing Principal of Arup New South Wales.    

He joined the Sydney office in 1970 during the final stages of design of the Sydney Opera House, then led the Arup team during the 2000’s assisting Richard Johnson and Utzon’s office on the Opera Theatre Renewal Project. 

On the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Sydney Opera House, Richard Hough talks exclusively about some of the lesser-known facts of building this global icon.

In traditional Weitou culture (the first people of Hong Kong), brides defiantly sing of grief and bitterness towards their arranged marriages. Drawing on these folk songs and her own Weitou heritage, Rainbow Chan has written The Bridal Lament — a new song cycle coming to this year's Liveworks and OzAsia Festivals. 

Also, Paradise or The Impermanence of Ice Cream is inspired by Parsi sky burials where the dead are consumed by vultures, theatre maker Wang Chong shares the work on his Top Shelf, and we delve into the ABC archives to encounter the construction and opening of the Sydney Opera House 50 years ago this week.

Whether he's playing, conducting, orchestrating or composing, Alex Lacamoire is a musician in demand. He has won three Tony Awards for his orchestrations (In the Heights, Hamilton, Dear Evan Hansen). On the new Sadler's Wells dance work Message in a Bottle, Alex's palette is the iconic music of Sting.

Also, how does a musical theatre performer bring their A-game to eight shows a week? We ask two of the hardest working performers on the Australian stage, and we learn about a fan-led project to bring Star Trek to audiences with a vision impairment which has now inspired a new work from Chunky Move at the Melbourne Fringe.

We start this week's episode on a lapping city harbour where Quandamooka artist Megan Cope has prepared 85,000 oyster shells for her monumental artwork Whispers for the 50th anniversary of the Sydney Opera House —  before that, it's where Gadigal people gathered for thousands of years.

Tarek Atoui is attuned to the sounds of harbours -- from Sydney to Beirut, Porto to Singapore, the Lebanese sound artist records the many frequencies and sounds that make up the bodies of water around which cities thrive.

My Thing is... The Master's Pupil.  What would it be like to see the world through the eyes of the Impressionist master Claude Monet? The story of Monet’s failing eyesight is a slice of art history that inspired indie game developer Pat Naoum to create his hand-painted video game.

Daniel meets up with Nicole Barakat, an Australian artist on residence in Paris, who found inspiration in the stories of the Lebanese diaspora, connected to an old cedar tree growing in the city.

The new work, Bark of Millions, features 55 original songs that explore queer life and culture.

Cessalee Stovall is an in-demand performer and the founder of the organisation Stage a Change. When Cessalee is not on stage herself, she is driving opportunities for artists of colour working in the performing arts. Over a pot of tea, Cessalee and Stéphanie discuss the organisation's efforts — and spill some tea in the process.

Also, playwright Hilary Bell shares the works that have most inspired her journey as an artist on Top Shelf and the disability-led performing arts festival Undercover Artist returns to Brisbane, but who is an 'undercover artist' and how and why does this festival blow their cover?

Dive into the rich legacy of The Beatles' White Album as Chris Cheney of The Living End joins Gleeso on Triple M Nights. They discuss the upcoming "White Album Concert" tour, marking the 55th anniversary of this iconic Beatles masterpiece. With three previous sold-out tours under their belt, Chris Cheney, Phil Jamieson of Grinspoon, Tim Rogers of You Am I, and the ARIA Award-winner Josh Pyke are coming together again for a 2023 tour. Discover what makes this event different, as each artist uniquely embodies individual tracks from the album. Chris also delves into the dynamics among the group, emphasizing that this is no mere impersonation of the legendary Beatles but a fresh take and tribute to the classic. Join them on their journey from Perth to the grand finale at the Sydney Opera House. Get a behind-the-scenes peek into the camaraderie, past conflicts, and the mutual passion binding these artists together. Mark your calendar for this September's musical nostalgia!

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Ash Flanders made his reputation with wildly funny, often surreal queer theatre made under the name Sisters Grimm with his creative partner Declan Greene. Now, Ash has put the glitter and wigs aside and written a new, naturalistic play called This Is Living.

Also, multidisciplinary artist and "radical mischief-maker" Candy Bowers shares the works of art that have most inspired her journey on Top Shelf and we explore the themes of Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Fleet Street with the Sydney Opera House cast.

Australian writer Michelle Law has an ear for the humour found when cultures meet. Her new play Miss Peony takes us into the world of Chinese-Australian pageants in which young women compete to be the one who most embodies Chinese values. But who decides what those values are?

Also, we meet the organisers of Club Broadway, a pop-up party that features nothing but show tunes, and we discuss 'mad scenes' in 19th century opera with the Australian soprano Jessica Pratt. What do they tell us about the attitudes and the politics of the time? Mad Scenes with Jessica Pratt is coming to the Sydney Opera House.

Mutti Mutti man Uncle Kutcha Edwards is a highly respected elder and survivor of the Stolen Generations who has been combining songwriting and activism since 1991. 

The Sydney opera house is about to launch a new restaurant with a never before seen range of native ingredients on the menu.

In this episode my guest is my good friend, Jake Kim. 

He started his career in Sydney Australia. After graduating from culinary school at the William Blue College of Hospitality Management in 2010 he went on to work at various Michelin star restaurants such as the Sydney Opera House, Aria, and the Clock Hotel. 

He’s now the Executive Chef Instructor at DMACC and is soon to open his own restaurant, Appa, which will feature authentic, upscale Korean restaurant. 

After moving to Des Moines, he worked at Firebirds Wood Fire Grill as an executive chef and achieved the company’s top 3 P&L records. He moved to Wasabi sushi restaurants as a culinary director and managed 4 Wasabi locations in the Des Moines metro. As a culinary director, he built the inventory system, maintained food costs (Averaged at 21% for 10 months), and created and updated their recipe and training program.

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Welsh stage and screen star Michael Sheen is in Australia to perform in a new production of Peter Shaffer's classic play Amadeus and the Sydney Opera House. He's taken on the powerhouse role of Mozart's bitter and vengeful rival, Antonio Salieri.

Also, at Sydney's Ensemble Theatre, two new plays ask probing questions about what the Christmas message of generosity and hope means in an era of division, recession and climate change, and Jesus returns to earth as a transgender woman in the one-person play The Gospel According to Jesus, Queen of Heaven.

Chelsea Watego and Amy McQuire explore the challenges facing First Nations women in contemporary Australia. 

Danish-British writer and comedian Sandi Toksvig has written books, plays, musicals, and she's the host of the ever-popular British quiz show QI. She is now touring Australia with her show Sandi Toksvig Live — an evening of comedy and stories from her extraordinary life. 

Also, we hear a scene from The Mentor, a new Australian play about an ageing star who begins tutoring a young actor, but personal and generational tensions soon boil over, and we learn about Takatāpui — a blistering one-person show from Māori artist Daley Rangi about the routine violence so many gender-nonconforming people face.

On this day in 1973, the iconic Sydney Opera House was dedicated by Queen Elizabeth II. 

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An operatic adaptation of Hamlet by the celebrated Australian composer Brett Dean this year made its North American debut at the famous Metropolitan Opera in New York. Brett joins us to reflect on his career and the challenge of bringing Shakespeare’s famous Dane to the opera stage.

Also, we hear a scene from Dorr-e Dari, a celebration of love expressed in poetry, music and stories drawn from the Persian-speaking world and we delve into the golden age of radio drama with Peter Philp, author of Drama in Silent Rooms: A History of Radio Drama in Australia from 1920s to 1970s.

Les Misérables, Phantom of the Opera and Cats were all produced by the same man: Cameron Mackintosh. In Australia for the opening of a new production of Mary Poppins, Cameron shares his journey from humble beginnings to producer extraordinaire.

Also, Anna O'Byrne shares songs and stories inspired by her work with Julie Andrews and we interrogate the Cinderella story with performers from a new production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella and Windmill's radical reinterpretation, Rella.