Enjoy the Sydney Opera House by sea, land and stage, and hear a performance by the marvelous Sydney Symphony Orchestra. This magical eight-hour package includes a guided tour of the Sydney Opera House, a cruise on Sydney Harbour as you dine on a two-course meal, and ends the night on a high as the spectacular Australian Sydney Orchestra performs for you at the Sydney Opera House.
You'll be welcomed at the Sydney Opera House and taken on the 3:00pm Essential Tour. This one-hour tour takes you inside this famous performing arts center and guides you through the magical architecture and engineering of the world's most recognizable sails, the Sydney Opera House.
Continue with a sunset 90-minute dinner cruise on Sydney Harbour. You'll check-in at Circular Quay for the 4:30pm boarding, receive canapes on arrival and enjoy a two-course meal including wine as you cruise stunning Sydney Harbour.
Return to the Sydney Opera House for an evening of engaging music performed by the world-class Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Receive A-Reserve seats and an interval drink in one of the many theater bars that overlook Sydney Harbour.
Enjoy performances such Hall of Heroes, Harmony from Heaven, Mahler 1, Pyrotechnica and many more!
Schedule details
Sunset dinner cruise, Sydney Harbour
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Departure Point:
Sydney Opera HouseDeparture Time:
- 2:45pm from Sydney Opera House Information Desk. Symphony starts at 8:00pm (or 6:30pm on most Mondays).
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Sydney Opera House, Harbour Dinner Cruise and Sydney Symphony Orchestra Package
Inclusions:
- Personal "meet and greet" by Sydney Opera House Representative
- Guided tour
- Sunset two-course dinner cruise including canapes and wine
- A-Reserve seating for a world-class symphony performance
- An interval drink (including a choice of spirits and cocktails) at one of the theater bars
- GST (Goods and Services Tax)
Exclusions:
- Hotel pickup and drop off
- Gratuities (optional)
Additional Information:
- Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
- The package offers you priority access to the best available performance tickets at time of booking
- Adult pricing applies to all travelers
Itinerary:
2010 Performances at the Sydney Opera House:
February 10 - Mahler 1
February 12 - Mahler 1
February 13 -Mahler 1
March 10 - Fantastique!
March 12 - Fantastique!
March 13 - Fantastique!
March 17 - Hall of Heroes
March 18 - Hall of Heroes
April 14 - Pyrotechnica
April 16 - Pyrotechnica
April 17 - Pyrotechnica
April 23 - Viva Espana
May 12 - Harmony from Heaven
May 13 - Harmony from Heaven
May 17 - Harmony from Heaven
May 21 - Mahler 5
June 23 - Dance of Imagination
June 25 - Dance of Imagination
June 26 - Dance of Imagination
June 28 - Dance of Imagination
Mahler 1 - The Odyssey Begins
The Sydney Symphony's Mahler Odyssey begins at the beginning with the twin strands of Mahler's legacy: symphonies and songs. This is the perfect concert to discover the Mahler voice.
Fantastique!
A Count goes hunting on a Sunday. A Musician poisons himself with opium. According to the music, they both come to grief: one is chased by demons to eternity, the other is overwhelmed by dreams of witches and the scaffold. It seems wrong to enjoy their fates so much, but who can resist it when these wild stories have been given such exhilarating and evocative music? Ravel's piano concerto is just as thrilling - it begins with the crack of a whip and ends in a jazz-inflected whirlwind of notes. Fantastique!
The Hall of Heroes
Beethoven was the first musical hero and as far as some of us are concerned he's the greatest of them all. His Emperor Concerto takes the heroic spirit of the Napoleonic age and turns it into music that's muscular and commanding, wrapping the noblest of emotions in breathtaking virtuosity. It's weighty music for a powerful pianist like François-Frédéric Guy.
Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung brought together a whole raft of heroes in a massive cycle of four operas that begins in the Rhine and ends with the halls of Valhalla aflame. At 20 hours it's too much for one concert, but Alexander Briger has chosen the orchestral highlights, beginning with the Ride of the Valkyries, for a Wagnerian musical adventure - minus the singing!
Pyrotechnica
Two magnificent baroque suites provide the frame and a baroque - inspired concerto from English composer Michael Tippett brings it up to date. This is heart-warming and lyrical music, and if you heard the rich intensity of Jian Wang's Elgar concerto in 2008, this will be another chance to hear him play to his strengths. But in the end, Handel upstages everybody with his spectacular Music for the Royal Fireworks.
Viva Espana
Dance the farruca, malambo, fandango! Hear all the colours of Spain when Miguel Harth-Bedoya, the Peruvian-born conductor, returns to Sydney with this fantastic program. Joaquín Turina leads the dancing with music that rises 'like incense' and seizes the listener with its elegant fervour.
Harmony from Heaven - Sibelius Fifth Symphony
In space, if you listen, you can hear the stars sing. Georges Lentz, with his profound musical vision and love of the night sky, brings that sound into the concert hall - pure and serene. The music's soft tones find affinity in the delicate austerity of Stravinsky's Symphonies of Wind Instruments, and Beethoven's heroic tone-poem in miniature balances Sibelius's most memorable symphony.
Dance of the Imagination - Ravel's Daphnis et Chloé
Schubert's gift was for irrepressible tunes, and there's nothing more deliciously tempting than to take his Unfinished Symphony and chill-out to its spontaneous melancholy.
Sample Menu: (Select two courses, entree and main or main and dessert)
Entree
- A mezze plate and breads to share
Main Course
- Grilled salmon with herb potato rosti, shaved fennel and green shallot and lime vinaigrette
- Supreme of free range chicken roasted with prosciutto with creamed potatoes, pousse spinach, baby ligurian black olives, porcini mushrooms jus
- Grilled eye fillet of beef with potato galette, roasted eschalot, shiraz jus
- Gratin of vegetables with red capsicum sauce and asparagus
Dessert
- Lemon curd and passionfruit pastry with mascarpone
- Chocolate brulee tart
Tea and Coffee will be served
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