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unusual facts about Sydney Opera



Laszlo Peter Kollar

László Peter Kollar’s most notable work was the Concept design of the Sydney Opera competition in 1956, in Collaboration with associate and fellow Hungarian Balthazar Korab, who had previously worked as a photographer for Eero Saarinen.


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Aubrey Murphy

Aubrey Murphy is an Irish violinist and, has been concertmaster of the Opera Australia orchestra which performs in the Sydney Opera House for the last ten years.

Fairport Live Convention

The original UK LP issue included an inner sleeve photograph of the band posing on the steps of the Sydney Opera House, with Dave Mattacks sporting a shirt bearing the prominent legend "Harrison Birtwistle where its at".

Jurassica

The initial sketches of the site have been created by Renzo Piano (architect of The Shard in London), whilst the site's engineering is being led by the team responsible for the Eden Project and the refurbishment of Sydney Opera House.

Lior

Later in 2013, Lior is scheduled to appear at the Sydney Opera House in Compassion, an orchestral arrangement of his own songs in collaboration with composer and conductor Nigel Westlake.

Mrs Macquarie's Chair

The area around it on Mrs Macquarie's Point is a popular lookout position for the view to the north-west of the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge.

Povl Ahm

The architect of Sydney Opera House, Jørn Utzon, later went on to design a house for Ahm in Hertfordshire - a project which avoided the many problems of Sydney Opera House.