Available worldwide from 10th Oct 2023.
Created in 1983 to celebrate the 10th birthday of Sydney Opera House, 'A Stroke of Genius' uses contemporary interviews and archival footage to retell the story of the House and its impact on the social fabric of the city. Opening with a dramatic sequence of the House sculpted in ice, the documentary includes interviews with Dame Joan Sutherland, Richard Bonynge, Robert Helpmann, David Williamson, Graeme Murphy and Sir Charles Mackerras among others.
'A Stroke of Genius' also features then-unseen colour footage, located in the basement of the NSW Public Works department, and footage of Australian Opera, Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra, Sydney Dance Company, Australian Ballet Foundation, Sydney Theatre Company and renowned pianist Richard Clayderman.
Up Next in 50/50: 50 films celebrating 50 iconic years
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39/50: Synergy Percussion - Steve Rei...
Available Australia only, from 11th Oct to 11th Nov 2023.
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40/50: Bell Shakespeare - Richard 3 (...
Available Australia only, from 12th Oct until 12th Nov 2023.
Kate Mulvany won a Helpmann Award for her portrayal of one of the most ambitious and gleefully amoral villains ever written in Bell Shakespeare’s acclaimed 2017 production of Richard 3.First performed around 1593, Richard III is the ...
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41/50: Violent Femmes - Live at Sydn...
Available worldwide from 14th Oct - 14th Nov 2023.
In December 2014, 30 years since the release of their multimillion-selling eponymous debut, acoustic punk innovators the Violent Femmes made their Opera House debut.
Celebrating the anniversary of Violent Femmes (1983), the performance saw th...
