Festivals & Seasons
Festivals
Birthday Festival
It’s our 50th Birthday Festival. Get ready for an iconic celebration!
Join us this October for a festival of music, dance, theatre, art and free events for the whole family.
Step inside to discover the untold stories, hidden spaces and extraordinary performances that make this place so magical.
all about women
All About Women (AAW) invites audiences to gather and reflect on burning questions about gender, equality, and justice.
Vivid LIVE
Vivid LIVE is the annual centrepiece of the Opera House’s year-round Contemporary Music program and features Australian exclusives, world premieres, one-off projects and unmissable performances from emerging Australian voices and world-class icons to Sydney’s vibrant local communities who reflect the city’s inimitable contemporary culture.
Resident Company Seasons
Australian Chamber Orchestra
Join Richard Tognetti and the orchestra for a season of familiar favourites and exciting discoveries. ACO's 2023 season is full of music that will move you, inspire you and bring us all closer together.
Bangarra Dance Theatre
Bangarra is thrilled to return to the Sydney Opera House in 2023 with their production, Yuldea.
Bell Shakespeare
Bell Shakespeare returns to Sydney Opera House in 2023 with some of Shakespeare’s most popular works.
Opera Australia
Fly on the wings of madness, melancholy, and music in 2023. Opera is never tame. From your seat, you can feel the passion of first love, blossoming in tender duet. Watch devotion descend into desperation with a soprano in full flight. Delight in drama worlds away.
Sydney Philharmonia Choirs
Voice. Energy. Joy.
In 2023 Sydney Philharmonia Choirs invite you to find your voice, energy and joy in the rich banquet of music they have to sing for you.
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Join the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and their Chief Conductor Simone Young in the renewed Concert Hall for the 2023 Season, filled with beautiful, inspiring music from the greatest composers of all time. There’s so much to discover.
Sydney Theatre Company
This will be a year of spectacular theatre that takes you out of the everyday and into another world of excitement and possibility.
The Australian Ballet
Season 2023 marks 60 years of The Australian Ballet. Six decades of ambition, imagination and excellence that have shaped the company's identity, establishing their place as a jewel in this nation's artistic landscape.