Top Sydney Opera Performances

Secure your seat at one of Sydney’s most iconic venues and experience opera in an accessible, easy-to-understand format. Enjoy a concert at the Sydney Opera House—a UNESCO World Heritage–listed landmark—featuring beloved classics such as Puccini’s “Nessun Dorma,” Bizet’s “Au fond du temple saint,” and Rossini’s “Largo al factotum.” With English and Simplified Chinese subtitles provided, it’s an easy way to enjoy world-class opera, even if it’s your first time.

Seeing the Sydney Opera House from the outside is impressive—but most visitors never glimpse what happens behind the scenes. This backstage tour takes you through the Stage Door and into areas normally reserved for performers and staff, including rehearsal spaces and dressing rooms. Hear insider stories about the productions that bring the venue to life, then finish the experience with breakfast in the Green Room.

A trip to Sydney wouldn’t be complete without visiting its most famous landmark and the best way to experience the Sydney Opera House is from within, watching a world-class opera performance. A thrilling adventure through Mozart, magic and mayhem. Set out on a surprising journey through a surreal and spectacular world with a new staging of Mozart’s most inventive opera. Filled with humour and heart, The Magic Flute follows Prince Tamino’s daring quest to rescue Pamina — and the perilous trials the young pair face as they find their way back to the light. With fabulously fun sets and costumes inspired by the works of Jules Verne and HG Wells, this is a feast for the eyes and the ears, with some of Mozart’s most famous music, including the extraordinarily high notes of the Queen of the Night aria. This opera is sung in German with English dialogue and English & Simplified Chinese surtitles

Bring your visit to life with a show in one of the Sydney Opera House's seven, world renowned, performance spaces. Each performance is created to give you an unforgettable experience from boundary-pushing contemporary music and dance, inspiring speakers, exquisite classical music, opera, ballet, and theatre of all kinds. Pick up tickets from the Sydney Opera House Box Office from 1 hour prior to show start time. For the ultimate Sydney Opera House experience combine with one of our tour and dining experiences. Experience the Sydney Opera House this summer by entering into our Joan Sutherland Theatre for Copland's Dance Episodes in November, or Choir of Man in the Studio from December to January, and our Concert Hall with back to back comedy spectaculars of Christmas Carol Goes Wrong slapstick and Hook's Neverland circus and aerial performances. Don't miss the chance to experience Sydney's cultural heart come alive with magic, music, dance and circus spectacles this season.

See a show at one of Sydney’s most iconic landmarks—Sydney Opera House. You won’t have to worry about waiting in long entrance lines as tickets to La Boheme are include. Enjoy the magic of seeing talented performers in a legendary venue. La Boheme is a love story set in the 1930s and involves spectacular music, a gripping storyline, and extravagant sets.

Opera’s great historic epic performed at the grandest scale – live on Sydney Harbour. Aida is the ultimate in operatic spectacle: love, war and grandeur combine for an experience centuries in the making. An 18-metre tall, 15-tonne rotating bust of Nefertiti overlooks the stage. 130 performers and musicians bring Ancient Egypt to life. Fireworks light up the sky at every performance. With themed pop-up bars and dining, fireworks every night, and a live orchestra hidden beneath the stage, this is an evening you’ll never forget. “A visually gorgeous Aida of spectacle. ★★★★” Sydney Morning Herald

Enjoy a romantic evening at Sydney’s landmark opera house watching Leonard Bernstein's "Candide." Choose your show time—performances are available on select days—and head to Sydney’s UNESCO-designated performing arts venue. Grab a seat in its magnificent, 1,507-seat Joan Sutherland Theater and experience this bold production that combines humor, satire, and epic adventures.

Dress up to the nines, kick up your heels and prepare for an unforgettable New Year’s Eve under the sails at the Sydney Opera House, with a performance of the beloved La Bohème. This classic opera about young artists caught between ecstasy and pain has inspired countless Bohemian love stories. This new staging, set in snow-kissed Paris and shimmering with magic, has its Sydney premiere on New Year’s Eve. A limited number of outdoor viewing areas will be accessible after the performance. These areas are subject to capacity limits and access and unobstructed views cannot be guaranteed. Want to complete your glamorous night out with a three-course, pre-show dinner or tickets to the midnight party? Contact Opera Australia with your Viator booking reference to request availability.