Friday 14 March 2014

Sydney

Sydney Opera House

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A top class opera house that offer multiple options such as “The Playhouse“, a cheaper ($30 a show) and more intimate option to enjoy great music. The Opera House attracts more than 8.2 million visitors a year and contributes more than $1 billion to the Australian economy through tourism, hospitality and travel. Plus, it supports more than 12,000 jobs. It holds more than 40 shows a week and conducts a variety of public tours, including a brief, one-hour walk-through, and an in-depth, four-hour backstage tour.

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Concert Hall
The Concert Hall Grand Organ took ten years to build and is the largest mechanical organ in the world, with 10,154 pipes. Paul Robeson was the first person to perform at Sydney Opera House. In 1960, he climbed the scaffolding and sang Ol’ Man River to the construction workers as they ate their lunch.




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