The Sydney Opera House, one of the most famous distinguished buildings of 20tfh century and the famous venue for performing arts, is situated in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Besides touring theatre, ballet, and musical productions, the Opera House is the home of Opera Australia, the Sydney Theatre Company and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
The Opera House was formally opened by Queen Elizabeth II, during the period of her reign on October 20, 1973, and the ceremony was attended millions of crowds.
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| | The Opera House is 183 metres (600 feet) long and about 120 metres (388 feet) wide covers 1.8 hectares (4.5 acres) of land. It is supported on 580 concrete wharfages cast down up to 25 metres below sea level. The power is distributed by 645 kilometres of electrical cable and can supply a town of 25,000 people.
The roofs of the House are constructed of 1,056,006 glazed white granite tiles, imported from Sweden. The building's interior is composed of pink granite mined from Tarana.
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The Sydney Opera House contains five theatres and rehearsal studios, two main halls, four restaurants, six bars and numerous souvenir shops.
The theatres are in a series of large shells, conceptualized by dividing a hemisphere. The Concert Hall and Opera Theatre are each contained in the two largest groups of shells, and the other theatres are located on the sides of the shell groupings.
The Concert Hall, with 2,679 seats, contains the Sydney Opera House Grand Organ, the largest mechanical tracker action organ in the world with over 10,000 pipes.
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The Opera Theatre consists of 1,547 seats, is the main performance space for Opera Australia and is also used by the Australian Ballet Company. The Drama Theatre has 544 seats, the Playhouse and the Studio Theatre has 398 seats 364 seats respectively.
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The complete vista of the skyline of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, the blue water of the harbour and the Sydney Opera House, viewed from the air or water is spectacular and memorable.
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