From Hugh Jackman’s black eye to ‘benevolent’ ghosts in the back seats, tour guides, security staff and stage managers guide us through five decades beneath the white sails
Fireworks explode as the sails of the Sydney Opera House are illuminated as part of the Vivid festival in May 2023. The venue is celebrating its 50th anniversary.Fireworks explode as the sails of the Sydney Opera House are illuminated as part of the Vivid festival in May 2023. The venue is celebrating its 50th anniversary.celebrates its 50th birthday, its status as Australia’s premiere cultural institution remains unrivalled.
According to Barnett, as Pavarotti exited an elevator for a media conference and saw the purple carpet, he declined to go any further, heading back to his dressing room. So the conference was hastily moved to the foyer of what is now known as thePavarotti had many superstitions: he would hold a large white handkerchief on stage as a security blanket, and pop ain his pocket for luck. Such rituals are “consistent with a lot of people’s behaviour in theatre”, Barnett says.
During the Covid-19 lockdowns, the Opera House revived a centuries-old theatrical tradition of ghost lights. A stand was placed on the edge of each stage, on to which a single, energy-efficient bulb glowed. A ghost light is meant to ensure no one falls into the orchestra pit – but it might also sate apparitions who once trod the boards.One night Ginovic recalls escorting Sutherland and her husband, the orchestra maestro Richard Bonynge, to the artists’ green room.
“There was this deathly silence, and she looked at this guy and said, ‘Can I have your camcorder?’” Sekules recalls. “She took out the tape and proceeded with the show.” Warwick has held to her ideals of audience etiquette, continuing toNicole Kidman, Keith Urban, Hugh Jackman, Oprah Winfrey, Olivia Newton-John and Russell Crowe sing I Still Call Australia Home during the filming of Winfrey’s talkshow on 14 December 2010.
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