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  • Play It Safe - Celebrating 50 years of brave creativity at Sydney Opera House

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    For five decades the Opera House has stood in defiance of that nervous little voice inside us that tells us to play it safe and keep it simple. This special film celebrates our 50th anniversary, encouraging us all to live on the edge of possible, because when we do, extraordinary things can happe...

  • Brodsky Quartet / In Session (2023)

    The iconic Brodsky Quartet deliver an exceptional recital traversing Bach to Britten performed live in the Joan Sutherland Theatre Northern Foyer.

    'In Session' is a series of intimate, long-form music films, staged behind closed doors. In taking a highly stylised filmic approach, 'In Session' go...

  • The Necks / In Session

    The award-winning band The New York Times called “the greatest trio on earth” perform live in the Utzon Room, performing their singular mix of avant rock, jazz and ambient music in a unique single-take performance.

    'In Session' is a series of intimate, long-form music films, staged behind closed...

  • Bangarra Dance Theatre: ‘Salt’ from Terrain

    Bangarra Dance Theatre’s Terrain, choreographed by incoming Artistic Director Frances Rings, is inspired by the area of Australia known as Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre, a landscape from where human beings draw life and express meaning to that life. The production explores the fundamental connection betw...

  • Gravity & Other Myths - The Mirror: Sweet Sacred Bliss

    Circus and cabaret come together in this cinematically ravishing adaptation of The Mirror, a boundary-pushing work from multi-award-winning company Gravity & Other Myths. Commissioned by Sydney Opera House and Chamäleon Theatre Berlin and shot live in the Drama Theatre, this unforgettable film co...

  • SHIFT New Classical Music

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    SHIFT is a series of performance films that shifts whose stories are being shared, celebrating the art and practice of those with disability and their unique contribution to the artistic landscape. SHIFT shines a light on the perspective that comes from lived experience, and through this shift, b...

  • Piano Day | Andrea Lam, Amanda Palmer, Ian Munro, Vatche Jambazian & Zubin Kanga

    Piano Day 2022 features an exclusive broadcast of new performances by classical, experimental and contemporary musicians including Andrea Lam, Amanda Palmer, Ian Munro, Vatche Jambazian and Zubin Kanga.

    Founded by Nils Frahm in 2015, the 88th day of the year was declared Piano Day - a nod to th...

  • HTRK / In Session

    Melbourne electronic post-punk duo HTRK perform live in the Drama Theatre, shortly prior to their Sydney Opera House debut in May 2022, with a set which draws heavily from their acclaimed 2021 album, 'Rhinestones'.

    'In Session' is a series of intimate, long-form music films, staged behind closed...

  • Ziggy Ramo: Little Things (feat. Paul Kelly)

    Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that the following content may contain images and voices of deceased persons.

    In a cinematic journey tracking forward and backwards in time, Ziggy Ramo makes his directorial debut with the music video for his new single “Little Things” fea...

  • Australian String Quartet performs Jack Symonds String Quartet No.2

    Jack Symonds’ String Quartet No.2 whispers into existence, interrupting the intangible build-up of concert expectancy with an ascending violin line that is the very genesis of this spectacular work. Over its unique two-part structure, Symonds skilfully unravels the DNA of that opening statement, ...

  • Nooks & Crannies Volume One - A live music tour of Sydney Opera House

    Nooks & Crannies is a unique live music series celebrating iconic architecture and artistic expression in unexpected and spectacular unseen spaces inside Sydney Opera House. In Volume One, watch enchanting performances from Glen Hansard, José González, Hiatus Kaiyote, Conor Oberst, Nai Palm and P...

  • Nooks & Crannies Volume Two - A live music tour of Sydney Opera House

    In the second installment of this unique live music series, we celebrate iconic architecture and artistic expression in unexpected and spectacular unseen spaces inside Sydney Opera House. Featuring performances from Moses Sumney, Kelsey Lu, The National, Camp Cope, Courtney Barnett, Kevin Morby &...

  • ACO StudioCasts Showcase

    A free showcase of short highlights from the ACO’s StudioCasts film season, featuring spectacular performances from the Australian Chamber Orchestra. The films in the series are now available to watch on Stream - search ACO StudioCast Collection.

    This highlights showcase opens with the glorious ...

  • Liminal: Ninajirachi

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    Liminal is a bold contemporary music film series featuring eight Australian artists as they create unique live performances for the screen.

    The perfect expression of our future-facing new Liminal music series, 22-year-old electronic producer, DJ and songwr...

  • Liminal: BLESSED

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    Liminal is a bold contemporary music film series featuring eight Australian artists as they create unique live performances for the screen.

    A musical enigma on the verge of superstardom, Ghana-born Sydney-sider BLESSED brings his singular mix of hip-hop, p...

  • Liminal: Maina Doe

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    Liminal is a bold contemporary music film series featuring eight Australian artists as they create unique live performances for the screen.

    Blazing a trail into the sonic future, Sydney singer-songwriter Maina Doe has fast become a singular talent on the lo...

  • Liminal: Budjerah

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    Liminal is a bold contemporary music film series featuring eight Australian artists as they create unique live performances for the screen.

    Australia’s hottest young R&B talent makes his solo Opera House debut. Streaming as part of Liminal, a bold, new con...

  • Liminal: Young Franco

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    Liminal is a bold contemporary music film series featuring eight Australian artists as they create unique live performances for the screen.

    What better way to shake off the remnants of lockdown than with Young Franco, the Brisbane-born, Sydney-based produc...

  • Liminal: Chris Abrahams

    Liminal is a bold contemporary music film series featuring eight Australian artists as they create unique live performances for the screen.

    Take a hypnotic journey with The Necks’ master pianist. As one third of one of Australia’s most important bands The Necks’ – famously dubbed “the greatest ...

  • Liminal: Liz Martin Band

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    Liminal is a bold contemporary music film series featuring eight Australian artists as they create unique live performances for the screen.

    More than a decade since her last appearance performing Walking On Air with Aerialize, multi-talented singer, songwr...

  • Liminal: EGOISM

    Liminal is a bold contemporary music film series featuring eight Australian artists as they create unique live performances for the screen.

    The Joan Sutherland Theatre’s transformative new Liminal stage was practically designed for EGOISM, the rising Sydney indie duo whose hazy shade of dream p...

  • Piano Day 2020 | Nils Frahm, Jon Hopkins, Joep Beving, Margaret Leng Tan & more

    An exclusive broadcast of Piano Day 2020 featuring Jon Hopkins, Joep Beving, Margaret Leng Tan, Nils Frahm and more. First broadcast on 28 March 2020.

    Founded by Nils Frahm in 2015, the 88th day of the year was declared Piano Day - a nod to the 88 keys on a modern piano.

    Piano Day 2020 feature...

  • ACO | Maxime Bibeau performs Pēteris Vasks’ ‘Bass Trip’

    ACO Principal Double Bass Maxime Bibeau performing Pēteris Vasks’ ‘Bass Trip’ in the Sydney Opera House for the ACO's Homecast series. Says Max: "This piece has always resonated with me. It’s a journey that builds and builds, and is filled with raw expression mixed with beauty and warmth (while a...

  • ACO StudioCasts Collection

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    Six concert films from the 2021 ACO StudioCasts series collected at the special rental price of $29.99, available to watch for 30 days from date of purchase. Beautifully shot, incredibly cinematic and with high quality audio, these music films will transform your expectations of what an on-demand...