Sydney Opera House and Opera Australia Dinner Package

Dinner, guided tour and an Opera Australia performance - experience the very best of Sydney on this all encompassing Sydney Opera House experience. Enjoy a guided tour of the UNESCO World Heritage listed Opera House, a three-course dinner at one of Sydney's best restaurants and a ticket to an Opera Australia performance.

Opera Australia is the union of Australia's two major opera companies - The Australian Opera and the Victoria State Opera. The companies merged in early 1997, creating the third busiest opera company in the world and building on the traditions of excellence and innovative excitement. In 2010 Opera Australia presents five new productions including two Australian premieres plus eight revivals and three concerts at the Sydney Opera House, featuring music ranging from Handel to the present day.

You will begin the evening with a guided tour of Australia's most famous icon, the Sydney Opera House, followed by a three-course pre-theatre dinner in either Guillaume at Bennelong or Aria Restaurants. A performance by Opera Australia will complete your Red Carpet experience. You will receive an exclusive Sydney Opera House gift to take away as a souvenir.

Choose from the following seating and dining options:

• A Reserve tickets with dinner at either Aria or Guillaume
• B Reserve tickets with dinner at either Aria or Guillaume

Likely to Sell-out! Sydney Opera House and Opera Australia Dinner Package regularly sells out weeks in advance. Book ahead of time to avoid disappointment.

Refer to the VIEW MAP link below for the Opera Theatre seating map

Schedule details

Departure Dates:

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Departure Point:

Sydney Opera House

Departure Time:

• Guided Sydney Opera House Tour commences at 5:00pm
• You'll have the choice to have the 3-course dinner at 5.45pm at Guillaume or Aria or enjoy dinner after the opera performance
• Opera performances commences at 7:30pm

Return Details:

Returns to original departure point

Pricing information

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Tour options:

Additional information

Inclusions:

• Guided Tour of the Sydney Opera House
• Three-course dinner
• A Reserve or B Reserve tickets (select seating at time of booking)
• An interval drink (including a choice of spirits and cocktails) at one of the theater bars
• Australia's Goods and Services Tax (GST)

Exclusions:

• Hotel pickup and drop off

Additional Information:

• Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
• Adult pricing applies to all travelers

Itinerary:

2010 Performances dates at the Sydney Opera House:

8/01/2010    Friday - Tosca
13/01/2010    Wednesday - Tosca
15/01/2010    Friday - Manon
16/01/2010    Saturday - Tosca
20/01/2010    Wednesday -  Tosca
21/01/2010    Thursday - Manon
22/01/2010    Friday - La Traviata
23/01/2010    Saturday - Manon
25/01/2010    Monday - La Traviata
26/01/2010    Tuesday - Tosca
27/01/2010    Wednesday - La Traviata
28/01/2010    Thursday - Manon
29/01/2010    Friday - Tosca
1/02/2010    Monday - La Traviata
2/02/2010    Tuesday - Tosca
3/02/2010    Wednesday - Manon
4/02/2010    Thursday - La Traviata
5/02/2010    Friday - Tosca
6/02/2010    Saturday - La Traviata
10/02/2010    Wednesday - Manon
11/02/2010    Thursday - Tosca
13/02/2010    Saturday - Manon
16/02/2010    Tuesday - Tosca
17/02/2010    Wednesday - La Traviata
18/02/2010    Thursday - A Midsummer Night's Dream
19/02/2010    Friday - Tosca
20/02/2010    Saturday - La Traviata
22/02/2010    Monday - La Traviata
23/02/2010    Tuesday - A Midsummer Night's Dream
24/02/2010    Wednesday - Tosca
25/02/2010    Thursday - La Traviata
26/02/2010    Friday - A Midsummer Night's Dream
27/02/2010    Saturday - La Traviata
3/03/2010    Wednesday - A Midsummer Night's Dream
5/03/2010    Friday - La Traviata
6/03/2010    Saturday - Tosca
9/03/2010    Tuesday - Tosca
10/03/2010    Wednesday - La Traviata
11/03/2010    Thursday - A Midsummer Night's Dream
12/03/2010    Friday - Bliss
13/03/2010    Saturday - Tosca
15/03/2010    Monday - Tosca
16/03/2010    Tuesday - A Midsummer Night's Dream
17/03/2010    Wednesday - Bliss
18/03/2010    Thursday - Tosca
19/03/2010    Friday - A Midsummer Night's Dream
20/03/2010    Saturday - La Traviata
22/03/2010    Monday - Tosca
23/03/2010    Tuesday - La Traviata
24/03/2010    Wednesday - A Midsummer Night's Dream
25/03/2010    Thursday - Bliss
26/03/2010    Friday - La Traviata
27/03/2010    Saturday - Bliss
29/03/2010    Monday - La Traviata
30/03/2010    Tuesday - Bliss
28/06/2010    Monday - A Little Night Music
29/06/2010    Tuesday - A Little Night Music
2/07/2010    Friday - A Little Night Music
3/07/2010    Saturday - A Little Night Music
7/07/2010    Wednesday - A Little Night Music
8/07/2010    Thursday - A Little Night Music
9/07/2010    Friday - A Little Night Music
10/07/2010    Saturday - A Little Night Music
13/07/2010    Tuesday - A Little Night Music
14/07/2010    Wednesday - The Girl of the Golden West
17/07/2010    Saturday - The Girl of the Golden West
21/07/2010    Wednesday - The Girl of the Golden West
23/07/2010    Friday - The Marriage of Figaro
26/07/2010    Monday - The Marriage of Figaro
27/07/2010    Tuesday - The Girl of the Golden West
29/07/2010    Thursday - The Marriage of Figaro
31/07/2010    Saturday -  The Girl of the Golden West
3/08/2010    Tuesday -  The Girl of the Golden West
4/08/2010    Wednesday - The Marriage of Figaro
5/08/2010    Thursday - La Sonnambula
6/08/2010    Friday - The Girl of the Golden West
7/08/2010    Saturday - La Sonnambula
9/08/2010    Monday - La Sonnambula
10/08/2010    Tuesday - The Marriage of Figaro
11/08/2010    Wednesday - La Sonnambula
14/08/2010    Saturday - The Marriage of Figaro
16/08/2010    Monday - The Marriage of Figaro
17/08/2010    Tuesday - La Sonnambula
18/08/2010    Wednesday - The Marriage of Figaro
19/08/2010    Thursday - La Sonnambula
21/08/2010    Saturday - La Sonnambula
24/08/2010    Tuesday - La Sonnambula
25/08/2010    Wednesday - The Pirates of Penzance
26/08/2010    Thursday - The Pirates of Penzance
27/08/2010    Friday - The Pirates of Penzance
28/08/2010    Saturday - The Pirates of Penzance
31/08/2010    Tuesday - The Pirates of Penzance
1/09/2010    Wednesday - The Pirates of Penzance
2/09/2010    Thursday - The Pirates of Penzance
3/09/2010    Friday - The Pirates of Penzance
4/09/2010    Saturday - The Pirates of Penzance
7/09/2010    Tuesday - The Pirates of Penzance
8/09/2010    Wednesday - The Pirates of Penzance
10/09/2010    Friday - The Pirates of Penzance
11/09/2010    Saturday - The Pirates of Penzance
14/09/2010    Tuesday - The Marriage of Figaro
16/09/2010    Thursday - The Pirates of Penzance
17/09/2010    Friday - The Marriage of Figaro
18/09/2010    Saturday - Rigoletto
22/09/2010    Wednesday - The Marriage of Figaro
23/09/2010    Thursday - Rigoletto
24/09/2010    Friday - The Pirates of Penzance
25/09/2010    Saturday - The Marriage of Figaro
28/09/2010    Tuesday - Rigoletto
30/09/2010    Thursday - The Marriage of Figaro
1/10/2010    Friday - Der Rosenkavalier
2/10/2010    Saturday - The Marriage of Figaro
5/10/2010    Tuesday - Der Rosenkavalier
6/10/2010    Wednesday - Rigoletto
7/10/2010    Thursday - The Marriage of Figaro
8/10/2010    Friday - Der Rosenkavalier
9/10/2010    Saturday - The Marriage of Figaro
12/10/2010    Tuesday - Rigoletto
13/10/2010    Wednesday - Der Rosenkavalier
14/10/2010    Thursday - The Marriage of Figaro
16/10/2010    Saturday - The Marriage of Figaro
18/10/2010    Monday - Rigoletto
19/10/2010    Tuesday - Der Rosenkavalier
20/10/2010    Wednesday - The Marriage of Figaro
21/10/2010    Thursday - Rigoletto
22/10/2010    Friday - Der Rosenkavalier
23/10/2010    Saturday - Rigoletto
26/10/2010    Tuesday - Der Rosenkavalier
27/10/2010    Wednesday -  Rigoletto
28/10/2010    Thursday - The Pirates of Penzance
29/10/2010    Friday - Rigoletto
30/10/2010    Saturday - Der Rosenkavalier
1/11/2010    Monday - Rigoletto
2/11/2010    Tuesday - The Pirates of Penzance
3/11/2010    Wednesday - The Pirates of Penzance
4/11/2010    Thursday - Rigoletto
5/11/2010    Friday - The Pirates of Penzance
6/11/2010    Saturday - The Pirates of Penzance

La traviata - Verdi
If you have never been to the opera before, you cannot go past this celebrated production of La traviata.  The achingly beautiful sets and lavish period costumes fill the stage with colour, while Verdi's music fills the entire theatre with his thrilling arias, emotional duets and powerful choruses.

A Little Night Music - Stephen Sondheim
Don't miss Sigrid Thornton performing the hit song 'Send in the Clowns' in this Tony Award-winning musical.  With music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, A Little Night Music is an exquisite meditation on love, described by The New York Times as 'sophisticated and enchanting'. 

Bliss - Dean/Holden
Directed by Neil Armfield and starring Peter Coleman-Wright, Bliss is a groundbreaking new opera. Based on Peter Carey's darkly comic fable, Bliss charts the adventures of Harry Joy, an advertising executive who, after a close encounter with death, finds himself sucked into a Kafkaesque series of events.

The Marriage of Figaro - Mozart
Mozart's masterpiece takes an intimate look at a microcosm of society: Figaro is a security guard and his fiancée Susanna is a maid in the Almaviva family's mansion. It is up to Figaro to pick his way through a mad day and, hopefully, end up married.  Starring Teddy Tahu Rhodes, Peter Coleman-Wright, Taryn Fiebig and Rachelle Durkin.

The Girl of the Golden West - Puccini
The Girl of the Golden West is a mixture of the Old World and New. The setting is the stuff of Hollywood westerns, yet it has the ingredients of Italian opera and the music has a startling originality. Lisa Gasteen, Dennis O'Neill and John Wegner star in Puccini's grand drama.

Manon - Massenet
Never was innocence lost and love betrayed with such elegance. Stuart Maunder's award-winning production of Massenet's Manon returns with a singer whose star just keeps rising, the lovely Amelia Farrugia, in the title role. Internationally renowned Australian tenor Julian Gavin plays Des Grieux, the love of her life.

A Midsummer Night's Dream - Benjamin Britten
Inspired by Shakespeare's poetry and Benjamin Britten's music, visionary director Baz Luhrmann dreamt up a colour drenched realm of midsummer magic where Indian gods, British colonials and rustic clowns collided, colluded and sometimes fell in love. Come prepared to laugh and cry.

The Pirates of Penzance - Gilbert & Sullivan
Anthony Warlow dons his cutlass as Gilbert & Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance sails back into town. This is your chance to see a foot-stomping, wise-cracking, feel-good show the whole of Australia loved. Bring the family to enjoy favourites like:  Poor wand'ring one and Hurrah for the Pirate King.

Rigoletto - Verdi
Opera Australia welcomes one of Britain's most distinguished baritones, Alan Opie to make his Australian role debut as Rigoletto. Verdi paints the characters transformations with a cascade of brilliant arias and ensembles, from the heartbreaking Pari siamo! to the wickedly jaunty La donna è mobile.

Der Rosenkavalier - R. Strauss
Strauss's rapturous tale of life, love and the passage of time is back with Cheryl Barker singing her first Marschallin in this classic production of Der Rosenkavalier. The words are bittersweet; the music finds timeless and complex beauty in a Viennese waltz and heartache in a simple song.

La Sonnambula
Opera Australia presents its first production of Bellini's La sonnambula. Maestro Richard Bonynge conducts soprano Emma Matthews as the sleeping songbird Amina. This elegant new production is inspired by the writings of Freud and Jung, the vibrant colours of German Expressionist art and Bellini's exhilarating tumble of sweet melodies.

Tosca - Puccini
'I lived for art, I lived for love, I never harmed a living soul…' Puccini s great aria, Vissi d'arte, is a moment when time stands still. Who could resist such a heart breaking appeal? And who could resist the glorious voice of Nicole Youl in Opera Australia's first new production of Puccini's Tosca for nearly thirty years?

SAMPLE MENU

Guillaume at Bennelong Pre-theatre Sample Dinner Menu:
Situated in the southern sail of the Sydney Opera House, diners sit beneath Joern Utzon's vaulted concrete "ribs". Both the restaurant and the bar offer spectacular views of Sydney Harbour, the Bridge, Royal Botanic Gardens, Circular Quay and the city. Guillaume's superbly crafted dishes and the establishment's commitment to providing world class service, combines to offer a truly exceptional dining experience.

Entree:

• Freshly shucked pacific oysters with shallot vinegar
• Sealed Queensland scallops on a confit of leek with Avruga caviar
• Basil infused tuna with mustard seed and soy vinaigrette
• West Australian crab meat on a bed of avocado with cucumber, coriander and capsicum coulis
• In-house smoked salmon roulade with baby mache and toasted brioche
• Terrine of wagyu beef with sauce gribiche and toasted sourdough
• Veloute of Jerusalem artichoke
• Salad of baby beetroot with asparagus, mixed herbs and Kervella goat's cheese

Main:

• Sealed grainfed beef tenderloin with tombe of field mushrooms, spinach and confit of shallot with merlot sauce
• Braised veal shanks on Paris mash with lentils and winter vegetables
• Roasted Barramundi with oyster mushrooms, cucumber and carrot pearls in a light ginger emulsion
• Mooloolaba prawns with chermoula, roasted eggplant, capsicum and couscous
• Potato gnocchi with baby leeks, fennel, broad beans, beurre noisette and Reggiano parmesan

Dessert:

• Trio of Sorbet
• Fine apple tart with cinnamon ice cream
• Nougat glace with almond and strawberry coulis
• Pear and honey creme brulee with lemon shortbread
• Selection of cheese

ARIA Pre-theatre Sample Dinner Menu:
Located on the doorstep of Sydney Opera House, ARIA combines the finest of food and wine, knowledgeable and friendly service with spectacular views of the Harbour Bridge, Circular Quay and of course the Opera House, making ARIA one of Sydney's ultimate dining restaurants.
The ARIA bar boasts an impressive private cellar providing the opportunity to sample some of Australia's rarest and the world's finest wines, with an elegant space for a relaxing drink before dining.

Entree:

• Freshly shucked Sydney Rock Oysters. Half dozen, with chardonnay vinaigrette and trout pearls
• Caramelized onion tart with jannei goats cheese and baby leeks
• Bug meat boudin blanc served with fine pasta, salmon roe and lime
• Ocean trout and Salmon terrine with a dill dressing and grilled sour dough
• Twice cooked Bangalow pork belly with caramelized apple and balsamic

Main:

• Pan fired potato gnocchi with buffalo mozzarella, green vegetables, sage and nut brown butter
• Crisp skin Barramundi with fresh udon noodles and eggplant
• South Australian jewfish with a mushroom and truffle crust, fingerling potatoes and gremolata
• Roast lamb rack with basil, Du Puy lentils and potato mash
• Char-grilled sirloin with red wine butter and Pont Neuf potatoes

Dessert:

• Mandarin Jelly with fresh raspberries and tea sorbet
• Quince and almond kouing-aman served hot with creme anglaise
• Valrhona chocolate and caramel delice with hazelnut praline and vanilla ice cream
• Ginger creme brulee with confit pineapple and caramel
• Cheese plate. A selection of Australian and international cheeses

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