Visit to Opera House

Posted on April 15 2009 by zemog

Sunday walking exercise at the Opera House

Opera House is one of the best places that you should visit when you are in Australia. It has a very nice structure. It is a multi-venue performing arts center that was built by Danish architect Jorn Utzon. It has a Concrete frame & precast concrete ribbed roof. Inside it has a Concert Hall, Opera Theatre, Drama Theatre, Playhouse, Studio, Utzon Room and Forecourt.

Outside the house, you’ve got a good breeze coming from the sea. On the other side of the place is a bridge.

The Harbour bridge was built and opened in 1932. Locally nicknamed “The Coathanger” or “Colin”, it was built by Dorma Long and Co, Ltd.

Harbour Bridge

One time during a Music Festival and House Music Competition, I was able to get inside the House and watched the contest for free. This is a yearly contest of high school students divided into groups called ‘house’. Each house will prepare their own musical piece or rendition of an existing piece. It is like a speech choir done by students in the Philippines.