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A selection of 8 talks from All About Women live-streamed on Sunday 10th March 2024.

All About Women is the Sydney Opera House’s centerpiece talks festival about gender, justice, and equality, held annually in the week of International Women’s Day. For over a decade, the celebrated event has fil...

Speaker: Anna Funder
Moderater: Jemma Birrell

When Anna Funder turned to her literary hero, George Orwell, for inspiration, she discovered not just that Eileen O’Shaughnessy, his first wife's, contribution had been ignored by his biographers but that Orwell himself had blatantly downplayed both ...

Speakers: Hannah Ferguson, Mary Mcgillivray, Sisonke Msimang
Moderated by: Bri Lee

For a long time, the word 'influencer' conjured stereotypes of activewear and dubious hot takes. But it's 2024 and social media has well-and-truly revolutionised the public square. Today, the word influencer can r...

Speakers: Maddison Griffiths, Tanya Hosch, Tara Rae Moss, and Grace Tame
Moderated by: Jamila Rizvi

It’s judged and pre-judged. It’s targeted and pursued. It’s loved and abused. And from almost the beginning it has been at the centre of our thinking about our rights and our freedoms. Join this h...

Speakers: Steph Tisdell, Barkaa
Moderated by: Rudi Bremer

The conwoman, the sociopathic girl-boss, the apathetic sad woman, and the femme avenger: pop culture has seen a (BIG) rise in the female anti-hero. Yes - finally, we're allowed to be bad! But most of these characters are white women, lea...

Speakers: Rebecca F. Kuang
Moderated by: Nakkiah Lui

The novel Yellowface by Rebecca F. Kuang is a worldwide “zeitgeist” publishing sensation. When June Hayward's friend, the bestselling author Athena Liu, dies in a freak accident, June acts quickly - and steals Athena's manuscript about Chines...

Speakers: Chanel Contos
Moderated by Jess Hill

"Turbo-charged by the internet, porn today is ubiquitous, accepted and, for a lot of people, cool. It even has its own cute “corn” emoji on the socials. And in the name of sexual liberation, many embraced it in the name of celebrating their body and...

Speakers: Jane Caro, Zoe Coombs Marr, Jan Fran, Michelle Law, Nakkiah Lui
Moderated by: Steph Tisdell

Roasts are normally a piss-take on an individual: a celebrity, comedian, politician, or public figure. But we're going rogue and our roastee is an idea - no, a movement: feminism.

If you thou...

Speaker: Mary Beard
Moderated by: Bri Lee

For the first time, Sydney audiences will hear directly from Cambridge Professor Emerita Dame Mary Beard in an event that delves into the broad range of her career - from the ruins of ancient Rome to the trenches of Twitter.

No one is better equipped...

Livestreamed Friday 24 November 2023 at 8pm, and available on-demand thereafter.

Experience the capstone Mahler event of the year when internationally renowned conductor Alexander Briger returns home to lead the acclaimed Australian World Orchestra, performing one of the 20th century’s most cele...

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

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...

Join much-loved children’s band the Teeny Tiny Stevies as they perform I Ate a Rainbow, Boy or Girl Colour and Boss of My Own Body, plus a selection of favourite songs from their brand new album.

Featuring irresistible melodies and helpful tips for navigating life’s little challenges; sisters By...

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...