Take a virtual front row seat with Sydney Opera House’s free to sign-up streaming platform. Stream offers access to free and paid full length performances from the Opera House stages, highlights from the multi-genre archive, presentations by local and international performing arts companies, and ...

Geraldine Brooks in conversation with Jennifer Byrne.

Geraldine Brooks, Sydney born and globally recognised as both a fearless foreign correspondent and Pulitzer Prize winning literary star, found herself thrown into sudden bereavement in a world that gives little space for it. Join her on her d...

with Lucy Jones, hosted by Gina Rushton

The transition into motherhood causes some of the most dramatic physiological and psychological changes in a person, rivalled only by adolescence. And yet this life-altering metamorphosis has been sorely neglected and under-reported.

Acclaimed science jo...

with Alyx Gorman, Georgia Grace, Alex Lee moderated by Yumi Stynes

Join host Yumi Stynes for a live recording of the hit ABC podcast, with a panel of frank and funny women answering the question: is everyone having more interesting sex than me?

As niche kinks become more mainstream and vanilla...

Her story of reclamation and resilience is inspirational, never shying away from the unconventional. Deeply connected to nature and her sense of self, Gina Chick shares how she walks between worlds.

Embracing being a misfit early in life, Gina Chick has grounded herself in the rhythms of the nat...

with Megan Agnew, Jessie Tu, Rosie Waterland, moderated by Nakkiah Lui

As the Trad Wife phenomenon rises up the algorithm, clips of women collecting newly laid eggs and baking bread are finding their way into “For You” pages everywhere. Rejecting the grind of girlbossing has its allure, but is t...

with Liz Allen, Laura Henshaw, Gina Rushton, moderated by Avani Dias

As more potential parents question the ethics of bringing a child into the world, is opting out of reproduction a generational trend or a sign of the times?

Deciding whether or not to become a parent is a deeply personal and ...

with Zahra Al Hilaly, Rosie Batty, Kyllie Cripps, Jess Hill, Julie Inman Grant, moderated by Jamila Rizvi

With rates of domestic and family violence rising exponentially and with increasingly deadly consequences, this expert panel examines the crisis that governments acknowledge but seem powerle...

with Susan Davis, Fatima Khan, Grace Molloy, Em Rusciano, moderated by Gabrielle Jackson

Shame, stigma and marketability are the three key features of anything to do with women’s health, and perimenopause is no exception... Join our panel as they bring expertise - and a bit of humour - to the la...

The Festival Pass gives you access to eight streamed talks at the discounted rate of $70. Single events can be purchased for $15 each from the Stream 'Browse' page.

All About Women is the Sydney Opera House’s festival of ideas about gender, justice, and equality, held annually in the week of Int...

World premiere by Erth Visual & Physical Inc (creators of Erth’s Dinosaur Zoo™).
Broadcast from The Studio, Sydney Opera House

Once purchased, you can watch the recording for 30 days.

ARC is an extraordinary story of self-discovery and wonder told with theatrical magic and larger-than-life pup...

Antidote is a festival of ideas, art and change.
Recorded at the Sydney Opera House, Sunday 11 September 2022

So much has changed since we saw you last. Disasters we can’t control. Politics we’re shaking up. Media that makes us grumble. And social transformation that gives us hope.

Together, we...

Mary Coustas, the celebrated Australian comedian, actress, writer, and creator of the iconic 90’s character Effie, premieres her most intimate show to date, This Is Personal. Recorded live at Sydney Opera House on 28 May 2022.

This Is Personal is a candid and intimate one woman show that combine...

An unforgettable event from the steps of Sydney Opera House. In 2016 Crowded House returned to play a cavalcade of their hits and favourites 20 years after their landmark last concert.

Crowded House:
Neil Finn
Nick Seymour
Mark Hart
Matt Sherrod

Musical Guests:
Tim Finn
Harper Finn
Elroy Finn
...

Recorded live at Mrs Macquaries Point, Sydney, 2016.
Sung in Italian with English Subtitles, available as Closed Captions (CC)

Puccini’s tale of love and death comes to Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour in this spectacular and thoughtful production from 2016.

Chinese director Chen Shi-Zheng brings ...

Recorded live at Mrs Macquaries Point, Sydney, 2015.
Sung in Italian with English Subtitles, available as Closed Captions (CC)

When war breaks out, Radamès is chosen to lead the Egyptian army against Ethiopia. Victory makes Radamès a hero, but tangles his Ethiopian lover Aida in a dangerous roya...

Recorded live at Mrs Macquaries Point, Sydney, 2014.
Sung in Italian with English Subtitles, available as Closed Captions (CC)

Madama Butterfly is a magnificent work by Puccini with a ravishing score. This unique interpretation by La Fura Dels Baus and Opera Australia is still a faithful telling...

Recorded live at Mrs Macquaries Point, Sydney, 2018.
Sung in Italian with English Subtitles, available as Closed Captions (CC)

Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour might take place in Sydney’s temperate autumn each year, but snow fell across the harbour in 2018.

That snow is an integral part of this...

Sung in Italian with English Subtitles, available as Closed Captions (CC)
Recorded live at Mrs Macquaries Point, Sydney, 2012.

Violetta is the life of every party. A courtesan with a heart of gold, she’s free and free-spirited. Could a little love change everything?

Experience the joy and heart...

Recorded live at Sydney Opera House, 2011.
Sung in Italian with English Subtitles

Since its premiere in 2011, Gale Edwards’ sparkling production of La Bohème has become one of our most popular productions ever. Set in Berlin in the early 1930s, the production sizzles with the creative energy, gl...

Recorded live at Sydney Opera House, 2011.
Sung in Italian with English Subtitles

Award-winning opera star Teddy Tahu Rhodes shines as the womanising Don Giovanni in Opera Australia's fantastic take on Mozart's favourite.

Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Conductor Mark Wigglesworth
Director Gör...

Recorded live at Sydney Opera House, 2010.
Sung in Italian with English Subtitles

A chaotic whirlwind of mistaken identities makes the wedding day of Figaro and Susanna a lesson in hilarity in this 2010 production, directed by Neil Armfield.

With a witty, fast-moving libretto and hum-along melo...

The Australian Ballet presents La Sylphide, in a production by Erik Bruhn after August Bournonville’s nineteenth-century original. A ballet in two acts, La Sylphide tells the tale of the Scottish dreamer James, who is fascinated by a woodland sprite and spurns his fiancée to follow her. Intent on...

Recorded live at Mrs Macquaries Point, Sydney, April 2013.
Sung in French with English Subtitles, available as Closed Captions (CC)

Carmen, sexy and impulsive, taunts the men around her and enjoys their adulation. After attacking another woman she has to use her seduction skills with her guard,...

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

A collaboration between Bangarra Dance Theatre and The Australian Ballet, Warumuk was commissioned to celebrate The Australian Ballet’s 50th anniversary in 2012....

Paquita, with choreography by Marius Petipa, is a sparkling showcase for The Australian Ballet, full of spectacular turns, exuberant leaps and delicate footwork.

Choreography by Marius Petipa
Staged by Danilo Radojevic
Music Composed by Ludwig (Léon) Minkus

Variations 5 and 9 Are Arrangements C...

“It’s a total work of art in which every element is equally weighted and equally impressive.” - Herald Sun

Wayne McGregor’s Dyad 1929, made on The Australian Ballet and featuring an electrifying score by Steve Reich, tests the limits of classical movement in a laboratory-white set.

Choreograph...

Available to purchase until 31 December 2021.
Content is available to watch for 14 days for date of purchase.

Schubert’s career was marked by admiration for Beethoven and his desire to match the heights achieved by his hero. In his “perfect” Quintet, possibly the best longform piece of chamber ...

Directed by Matisse Ruby and filmed at Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion, this spectacular concert film features Artistic Director Richard Tognetti leading the ACO through performances of Arvo Pärt's Tabula Rasa and Shostakovich's Chamber Symphony, integrated with imagery and video projections by renowne...

TCHAI

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Content is available to watch for 14 days for date of purchase.

Majestic and nation-defying music is no small feat, demanding spirit, nationalism and honour. However, music coming from one’s core can ask something special too. Maybe at times...

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How do light and joy come from what feels like our darkest moments? Maybe it is that love can transform, as this concert film does, from sombre hues and shadows to the warmth and radian...

Firestarter marks Bangarra Dance Theatre’s 30th anniversary. Taking us through Bangarra’s birth and spectacular growth, the film recognises Bangarra’s founders and tells the story of how three young Aboriginal brothers — Stephen, David and Russell Page — turned the newly born dance group into a F...

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...

Celebrating African, Indian and Australian rhythms with a global collective of contemporary and traditional dance and music.

Infusion No Movement No Sound weaves together a tapestry of African cultures into a vibrant demonstration of contemporary dance and music from global artists, Jamestown Co...

Come closer than you dare to predators! Experience the creatures of your imagination coming to life on stage in this enthralling new show!

Travel to the bottom of the ocean to discover ancient bio-luminescent creatures and marine reptiles, then back to dry land to witness some of the most amazin...

Available to purchase until 31 December 2021.
Content is available to watch for 14 days for date of purchase.

Beauty can be revolutionary too, as this debut release in the inaugural season of concert films, ACO StudioCasts, will prove.

Filmed in the grand and expansive Centennial Hall at Sydn...

Available to purchase until 31 December 2021.
Content is available to watch for 14 days for date of purchase.

At a time when we are all grappling with finding trust in this new world and hope for the future, it is astonishing how relevant Bach remains. This evocative and impassioned concert fil...