Sydney Opera House By Carsyn Caldwell F Block Humanities Beirne By Carsyn Caldwell F Block Humanities Beirne

Sydney Opera House The Sydney Opera House is in Sydney, Australia. It has multiple performance venues which together are among the busiest performing arts centers in the world, hosting over 1,500 performances each year attended by about 1.2 million people. The venues produce and present a wide range of productions and accommodate numerous performing arts companies, including Opera Australia, The Australian Ballet, the Sydney Theatre Company and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. It was opened on October 20, Jørn Utzon is the original architect of The Sydney Opera House. The Sydney Opera House is in Sydney, Australia. It has multiple performance venues which together are among the busiest performing arts centers in the world, hosting over 1,500 performances each year attended by about 1.2 million people. The venues produce and present a wide range of productions and accommodate numerous performing arts companies, including Opera Australia, The Australian Ballet, the Sydney Theatre Company and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. It was opened on October 20, Jørn Utzon is the original architect of The Sydney Opera House.

Interesting Facts o Roof structures are precast concrete panels supported by precast concrete ribs, not shells in a strictly structural sense. Though the shells appear uniformly white from a distance, they actually feature a subtle chevron pattern composed of 1,056,006 tiles in two colors: glossy white and matte cream. o There is a total of 1,000 rooms in the Sydney Opera House. o The first person to perform at the Sydney Opera House was Paul Robeson - in 1960, he sang Ol' Man River to the construction workers as they ate lunch.

Compositional Elements 1.Line 2.Disproportionate 3.Repetition