Sydney Opera House

The Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue performing arts centre in , New South Wales, Australia. Located on the foreshore of Sydney Harbour, it is widely regarded as one of the world's most famous and distinctive buildings, and a masterpiece of 20th-century architecture.
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  • Type: Amphitheater
  • Description: multi-venue performing arts center in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  • Also known as: Sydney Opera

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Darling Harbour and Government House.

is a leisure and entertainment precinct, in central . It extends to Pyrmont, Ultimo and the business district of Barangaroo, and contains The Star and Pyrmont Bay, including Harris St.

is the heritage-listed vice-regal residence of the governor of New South Wales. It is located on Conservatorium Road in the , adjacent to the , and is situated south of the Sydney Opera House, overlooking . is situated 350 metres south of Sydney Opera House.

Photo: Powerhouse Museum, Public domain.
The Man O'War Steps is a heritage-listed jetty located at Farm Cove Crescent, in the , in the local government area of , Australia. is situated 140 metres southeast of Sydney Opera House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sydney and The Rocks.

is the Harbour City, and is the oldest and most cosmopolitan city in with an enviable reputation as one of the world's most beautiful and livable cities.

is sandstone buildings, history, laneways, culture and Australiana by day, and a busy pub scene by night. It is the historical precinct of central Sydney immediately to the north of the City centre on the western side of Sydney Cove, and where the First Fleet set up their first convict settlement.

Suburb
is a suburb on the of , Australia. One of the city's most established and affluent neighbourhoods, it is located three kilometres north of the , in the local government area administered by , and sits on . is one of the two official residences of the Prime Minister of Australia.

Sydney Opera House

Latitude
-33.85677° or 33° 51′ 24″ south
Longitude
151.21498° or 151° 12′ 54″ east
Elevation
15 metres (49 feet)
Open location code
4RRH46V7+7X
Geo­Names ID
8645188
Wiki­data ID
Q45178
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Sydney Opera House” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Sydney Operahuis
  • Afrikaans: Sydney-opera
  • Arabic: دار أوبرا سيدني
  • Aragonese: Opera de Sydney
  • Armenian: Սիդնեյի օպերային թատրոն
  • Asturian: Ópera de Sydney
  • Azerbaijani: Sidney Opera Teatrı
  • Balinese: Sydney Opera House
  • Basque: Sydney Opera House
  • Basque: Sydneyko Opera
  • Belarusian: Сіднейскі оперны тэатр
  • Belarusian: Сыднэйская опэра
  • Bengali: সিডনি অপেরা হাউস
  • Bhojpuri: सिडनी ऑपेरा हाउस
  • Bhojpuri: सिडनी ओपरा हाउस
  • Bhojpuri: सिडनी ओपेरा हाउस
  • Bosnian: Sidnejska ‘Opera’
  • Bosnian: Sidnejska "Opera"
  • Bosnian: Sidnejska Opera
  • Bosnian: Sidneyska Opera
  • Bulgarian: Опера в Сидни
  • Bulgarian: Опера на Сидни
  • Bulgarian: Операта в Сидни
  • Burmese: ဆစ်ဒနီ အော်ပရာ ပြဇာတ်ရုံ
  • Catalan: Òpera de Sydney
  • Catalan: Opera House
  • Catalan: Palau de l’Òpera de Sydney
  • Catalan: Sydney Opera House
  • Catalan: Teatre d’òpera de Sydney
  • Cebuano: Sydney Opera House
  • Central Kurdish: خانەی ئۆپێرای سیدنی
  • Central Kurdish: خانووی ئۆپێرای سیدنی
  • Chechen: Сидней-гӀалара оперин театр
  • Chinese: 悉尼歌剧院
  • Chinese: 悉尼歌劇院
  • Chinese: 雪梨歌剧院
  • Chinese: 雪梨歌劇院
  • Croatian: Opera u Sydneyu
  • Croatian: Sydneyska opera
  • Croatian: Sydneyska Opera
  • Czech: Opera v Sydney
  • Czech: Sydney Opera House
  • Danish: Operahuset i Sydney
  • Danish: Sydney Opera House
  • Danish: Sydney operahus
  • Dutch: Opera van Sydney
  • Dutch: Sydney Opera House
  • Egyptian Arabic: دار اوبرا سيدنى
  • Esperanto: Operejo de Sidnejo
  • Estonian: Sydney ooperiteater
  • Finnish: Sydneyn oopperatalo
  • French: L’Opéra de Sydney
  • French: Opera de Sydney
  • French: opéra de Sydney
  • French: Opéra de Sydney
  • French: Sydney Opera House
  • Galician: Casa da Ópera de Sidney
  • Galician: Ópera de Sidney
  • Galician: Ópera de Sydney
  • Georgian: სიდნეის ოპერა
  • Georgian: სიდნეის ოპერის თეატრი
  • Georgian: სიდნეის ოპერის სახლი
  • German: Oper Sydney
  • German: Oper von Sydney
  • German: Opernhaus Sydney
  • German: Opernhaus von Sydney
  • German: Sydney Opera House
  • Greek: Όπερα του Σίδνεϊ
  • Greek: Όπερα του Σίδνεϋ
  • Greek: Όπερα του Σύδνεϋ
  • Hebrew: בית האופרה בסידני
  • Hebrew: בית האופרה של סידני
  • Hebrew: האופרה של סידני
  • Hindi: सिडनी ओपेरा हाउस
  • Hungarian: A sydneyi Operaház
  • Hungarian: Operaház
  • Hungarian: Sydney-i Operaház
  • Hungarian: Sydneyi Operaház
  • Icelandic: Óperuhúsið í Sydney
  • Ido: Operodomo di Sydney
  • Indonesian: Gedung Opera Sydney
  • Indonesian: Sydney Opera House
  • Irish: Áras Ceoldrámaíochta Sydney
  • Italian: Opera house sidney
  • Italian: Opera House
  • Italian: Sidney Opera House
  • Italian: Sydney Opera House
  • Italian: Teatro dell’opera di Sydney
  • Italian: Teatro dell’Opera di Sydney
  • Japanese: シドニー・オペラハウス
  • Japanese: シドニーオペラハウス
  • Japanese: シドニーのオペラハウス
  • Japanese: シドニー歌劇場
  • Javanese: Gedung Opera Sydney
  • Javanese: Sydney Opera House
  • Kabiyè: Sidinee tɛ Opera
  • Kabiyè: Sydney tɛ Opera
  • Kazakh: Сидней опера театры
  • Khmer: សាលមហោស្រពអូបេរ៉ាស៊ីដនី
  • Korean: 시드니 오페라 하우스
  • Korean: 시드니 오페라하우스
  • Latin: Theatrum Operaticum Sydneianum
  • Latvian: Sidnejas opera
  • Latvian: Sidnejas operteātris
  • Lithuanian: Sidnėjaus operos teatras
  • Luxembourgish: Sydney Opera House
  • Macedonian: Сиднејска опера
  • Maithili: सिड्नी ओपेरा हाउस
  • Malay: Panggung Opera Sydney
  • Malay: Sydney Opera House
  • Malayalam: Sydney Opera House
  • Malayalam: ഓപ്പറാ ഹൗസ്
  • Malayalam: സിഡ്നി ഓപ്പറ ഹൗസ്
  • Maltese: Sydney Opera House
  • Maltese: Teatru tal-Opri ta‘ Sydney
  • Maltese: Teatru tal-Opri ta’ Sydney
  • Manx: Thie Kiaulldramey Sydney
  • Marathi: सिडनी ऑपेरा हाउस
  • Marathi: सिडनी ऑपेरा हाऊस
  • Mingrelian: სიდნეიშ ოპერაშ თეატრი
  • Mongolian: Сиднейн дуурийн театр
  • Moroccan Arabic: دار لأوپيرا دسيدني
  • Nepali: सिड्नी ओपेरा हाउस
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Operahuset i Sydney
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Sydney Opera House
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Operahuset i Sydney
  • Norwegian: Operahuset i Sydney
  • Persian: اپرا هاس سیدنی
  • Persian: اپرا هاوس سیدنی
  • Persian: اپرا هاوس شهر سیدنی
  • Persian: اپرا هاوس
  • Persian: اپراخانه شهر سیدنی
  • Persian: اپراخانهٔ شهر سیدنی
  • Persian: اپراهاس سیدنی
  • Persian: اپراهاوس سیدنی
  • Persian: اپرای سیدنی
  • Persian: تالار اپرای سیدنی
  • Persian: خانه اپرای سیدنی
  • Persian: خانهٔ اپرای سیدنی
  • Polish: Opera w Sydney
  • Polish: Sydney Opera House
  • Portuguese: Ópera de Sydney
  • Portuguese: Sydney Opera House
  • Portuguese: Teatro de sydney
  • Romanian: Opera din Sydney
  • Romanian: Sydney Opera House
  • Russian: оперный театр сидней
  • Russian: Оперный театр Сиднея
  • Russian: Оперный театр
  • Russian: Сид­ней Опе­ра ха­ус
  • Russian: Сиднейская Опера
  • Russian: Сиднейский оперный театр
  • Russian: Сиднейский театр оперы
  • Scots: Sydney Opera Hoose
  • Serbian: Sidnejska opera
  • Serbian: Опера Сиднеј
  • Serbian: Опера у Сиднеју
  • Serbian: Сиднејска опера
  • Serbo-Croatian: Sydneyjska opera
  • Serbo-Croatian: Sydneyska opera
  • Sicilian: Sydney Opera House
  • Sicilian: Tiatru di l’Òpira di Sydney
  • Sicilian: Tiatru di lÒpira di Sydney
  • Sindhi: سڊني اوپيرا هائوس
  • Slovak: Budova opery v Sydney
  • Slovak: Sydney Opera House
  • Slovenian: Sydneyjska opera
  • Slovenian: Sydneyjska operna hiša
  • Slovenian: Sydneyska opera
  • Slovenian: Sydneyska operna hiša
  • Spanish: Casa de la Opera de Sidney
  • Spanish: Casa de la Ópera de Sídney
  • Spanish: Casa de Ópera de Sydney
  • Spanish: Opera de Sidney
  • Spanish: Opera de Sídney
  • Spanish: Ópera de Sidney
  • Spanish: Ópera de Sídney
  • Spanish: Opera de Sydney
  • Spanish: Ópera de Sydney
  • Spanish: Sydney Opera House
  • Spanish: Teatro de la Opera de Sidney
  • Spanish: Teatro de la opera de Sídney
  • Spanish: Teatro de la Ópera de Sidney
  • Spanish: Teatro de la Ópera de Sídney
  • Swahili: Jumba la Sanaa la Sydney
  • Swedish: Operahuset i Sydney
  • Swedish: Sydney Opera House
  • Swedish: Sydneys operahus
  • Tamil: சிட்னி ஆப்பரா மாளிகை
  • Tamil: சிட்னி ஒபரா மாளிகை
  • Tamil: சிட்னி ஒப்பேரா மாளிகை
  • Tamil: சிட்னி ஓபரா மாளிகை
  • Tamil: சிட்னி ஓப்பரா மாளிகை
  • Tatar: Сидней опера театры
  • Telugu: సిడ్నీ ఒపెరా హౌస్
  • Telugu: సిడ్నీ ఒపేరా హౌస్
  • Thai: Sydney Opera House
  • Thai: ซิดนีย์โอเปราเฮาส์
  • Thai: โรงละครซิดนีย์
  • Thai: โรงอุปรากรซิดนีย์
  • Tibetan: སིད་ནེ་ཟློས་གར་ཁང་།
  • Turkish: Sidney Opera Binası
  • Turkish: Sidney Opera Evi
  • Turkish: Sydney Opera Binası
  • Turkish: Sydney Opera evi
  • Turkish: Sydney Opera House
  • Ukrainian: Опера Сіднея
  • Ukrainian: Сіднейська опера
  • Ukrainian: Сіднейський оперний театр
  • Urdu: سڈنی اوپیرا ہاؤس
  • Uzbek: Sidney opera teatri
  • Vietnamese: Nhà hát Opera Sydney
  • Vietnamese: Opera House Sydney
  • Vietnamese: Sydney Opera House
  • Waray (Philippines): Balay Opera han Sydney
  • Waray (Philippines): Sydney Opera House
  • Welsh: Tŷ Opera Sidney
  • Welsh: Tŷ Opera Sydney
  • Western Armenian: Սիտնիի օփերային թատրոն
  • Western Panjabi: سڈنی اوپیرا ہاؤز
  • Wu Chinese: 悉尼歌剧院
  • Yue Chinese: 悉尼歌劇院
  • Yue Chinese: 雪梨歌劇院
  • सिडनी ओपेरा हाउस

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