The Opera House

Today we head to the Opera House.  We have tickets for “Behind the Scenes” which allowed us to go in the theatre and see how the productions are done. This only happens one day a year and we were so lucky to have stumbled upon this deal.  It was free!   From lighting and sound to costumes and props we’ll hear about it all.

We were in the Joan Sutherland Theatre.  A large part of the Opera House is closed for renovations.

The stage is set for the performance of Carmen which we would have loved to see however a ticket would have cost us $210 and it wasn’t in the budget.

There was someone from the orchestra (far left), next to her a tenor, the stage manager and lastly on the right the conductor.  They all explained their rolls and how they all work together.

Then while the conductor played the piano, the tenor and the audience sang showing how the acoustics of the theatre worked.

There was an example of stage makeup.

Trying on costumes..

Quite the head pieces.

This beautiful period costume was gorgeous and it weighed quite a bit.

We then looked at props and that was it.  Now we’re off to Coogee!