Bina 183 m uzunlukta ve 118 m genişlikte olup 1,8 hektarlık bir alanı kaplar. Benzersiz çatısı 67 m ye kadar yükselir ve İsveç'ten getirilmiş 1.056.000 adet beyaz seramik fayansla bezenmiştir. 580m adet beton ayak, yerin2222m kadar derinine inerek yaklaşık 160.000 ton ağırlığındaki yapıyı taşırlar.
Opera binası 5 tiyatro salonunu içerir. Bunlar, 2679 koltuklu Concert Hall (Konser salonu), 1547 koltuklu Opera Theatre (Opera tiyatrosu), 544 koltuklu Drama Theatre, 398 koltuklu Playhouse ve 364 koltuklu Studio Theatre 'dır. Yapının toplam 1000 odası vardır. Bunlar içinde 5 tane prova stüdyosu, 60 tane soyunma odası, 4 lokanta, 6 bar ve çok sayıda hatıra dükkânı vardır. 25.000 kişilik bir şehirin ihtiyacını karşılayacak kadar elektrik kapasitesine sahiptir ve elektrik kablolarının uzunluğu 645 km dir.
The Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue performing arts centre in the Australian city of Sydney. It was conceived and largely built by Danish architect Jørn Utzon, finally opening in 1973 after a long gestation starting with his competition-winning design in 1957.
Utzon received the Pritzker Prize, architecture's highest honour, in 2003.[1] The Pritzker Prize citation stated:
“ There is no doubt that the Sydney Opera House is his masterpiece. It is one of the great iconic buildings of the 20th century, an image of great beauty that has become known throughout the world – a symbol for not only a city, but a whole country and continent. ”
The Sydney Opera House was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site on 28 June 2007.[2] It is one of the 20th century's most distinctive buildings and one of the most famous performing arts centres in the world.[citation needed]
The Sydney Opera House is situated on Bennelong Point in Sydney Harbour, close to the Sydney Harbour Bridge. It sits at the northeastern tip of the Sydney central business district (the CBD), surrounded on three sides by the harbour (Sydney Cove and Farm Cove) and neighboured by the Royal Botanic Gardens.
Contrary to its name, the building houses multiple performance venues. As one of the busiest performing arts centres in the world, hosting over 1,500 performances each year attended by some 1.2 million people, the Sydney Opera House provides a venue for many performing arts companies including the four key resident companies Opera Australia, The Australian Ballet, the Sydney Theatre Company and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, and presents a wide range of productions on its own account. It is also one of the most popular visitor attractions in Australia, with more than seven million people visiting the site each year, 300,000 of whom take a guided tour.[3]
The Sydney Opera House is administered by the Sydney Opera House Trust, under the New South Wales Ministry of the Arts.
