Sydney Opera House

The Sydney Opera House, which is located atop a promontory that guards the port of Sydney, Australia, is a project, design and implementation of Danish architect Jørn Utzon. It is considered the symbol of a city, Sydney, of a country and a continent, Australia, thousands of totally uninterested in opera tourists visiting the building each week just to admire it.
Geographically, it is situated atop Cape Bennelong closing the port, 33 ° 51' 25'' south latitude and 151 ° 12' 55 '' east longitude. Currently, it is the headquarters of the Australian Opera, the Sydney Theatre Company and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
Opera House is also the place where numerous theatre and ballet groups stop when they are on tour. The building is managed by the Opera House Trust , under the Ministry of arts in the Australian state of New South Wales , whose capital is Sydney.
One of the symbols of Australia, a masterpiece of the twentieth century, the Sydney Opera House comprises three buildings shaped as shells , arched and intertwined , and it is visited by thousands of tourists every week just to admire it.
Sydney Opera House is located on the old site of a warehouse that was demolished in 1958. The cornerstone was laid in March 1959 and the construction was carried out in three stages. The first phase (1959-1963) involved the construction of the foundation and platform. Phase II (1963- 1967) was building the superior strength structure and the roof. Phase III (1967-1973) was arranging the interior of the building.
Sydney Opera House was inaugurated on 20 October 1973 by Queen Elizabeth II with the '9th Symphony' by Ludwig van Beethoven. The first performance at the Sydney Opera House was held on 28 September 1973 with the show "War and Peace" by Sergei Prokofiev, and on 29 September, in the Concert Hall, a performance by the Sydney Philharmonic was given. After the opening in 1973, the opera house has had a number of improvements and refurbishments.Less