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Backstage Sydney Opera House Tour

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Limited Availability Available in English

Activity Schedule

  • When does it run?

    Daily Except; Good Friday, Christmas Day, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day

  • Duration

    2 hours

  • Start time

    0700h (7.00am). Please arrive at 0645h (6.45 am) at the Stage Door
    Duration: 2 hours

  • Meeting Point
    The Stage Door, located on the vehicle concourse at Sydney Opera House, Bennelong Point, Sydney NSW 2000
    Please report at the meeting point 15 minutes before the start time. This is mandatory to allow time for pre-departure briefing.
  • Ending Point

    The tour finishes at the Green Room at the Opera House

Key Highlights

  • Exclusive after-hours access to one of the world′s greatest performance venues
  • Guarantee your place on a tour that regularly sells out weeks in advance
  • Stand where superstars like Bryn Terfel, Dame Joan Sutherland and Rudolph Nureyev have performed
  • Exclusive small-group tour with no more than 12 people
  • Breakfast included

Overview

Experience Sydney Opera House through the eyes of the stars and back-stage crews on this exclusive peek behind scenes at the legendary venue. This ever-popular small-group tour regularly sells out weeks in advance.

You’ll get privileged back-stage access to one of the busiest performing arts centers in the world and see the preparations for the upcoming performances.

Explore areas normally reserved for staff and stars and let your imagination soar as you sit in the orchestra pit, stand where legends have performed, enter the stars' dressing rooms and hear about the real-life dramas that happen behind the curtain.

Technically minded guests will also enjoy touring the precincts of the stagehands and crew, including the scenery dock and fly towers.

And there’s more! You also get the chance to enjoy a delicious breakfast in the Green Room, the private domain of stars, performers and staff.

Whether you are a Sydney resident or a visitor to the city, you will love this fantastic tour.

Itinerary

Take a privileged peek behind scenes at Sydney’s number one attraction on the acclaimed Backstage Sydney Opera House Tour. This small-group tour, with no more than eight participants, grants you exclusive access to areas normally reserved for the stars and their crew.

The meeting point for the tour is the Stage Door, located on the vehicle concourse at Sydney Opera House. The tour begins at 0700h (7.00 am) sharp each morning, ensuring visitors can access the inner sanctum areas that are restricted later in the day when performers and technical crews are at work. Please aim to arrive at 0645h (6.45am) at the Stage Door to ensure the tour gets off to a prompt start.

You will set off with your English-speaking guide to discover the inner secrets of the magnificent Opera House. You will enter the private domain of the performers and their minders and will have the chance to tread the boards on the world famous Concert Hall or Opera Theatre.

Just imagine – you can stand on stage where legends like Bryn Terfel, Dame Joan Sutherland and Rudolph Nureyev have performed! Or, if you’ve secretly envied the conductor his role, you could stride through the orchestra pit like a maestro and step up onto the podium, baton in hand!

You will get the chance to relax in the star’s dressing room – can visit less glamorous parts of the building, such as the precincts of the stagehands and crew, including the scenery dock and fly towers.

Your guide can share insider stories about titans like Pavarotti, Dame Joan Sutherland, Michael Bublé, as well as other (somewhat less famous) performers like the Australian Idol crew!

At the end of the tour, you will be taken to the Green Room, normally reserved for performers and staff. Breakfast is served and there is time to reflect and take in the atmosphere as well as ask the guide any further questions. An insider tip says that if you opt for the hearty Australian breakfast, you won’t want to eat anything else until dinner-time!

On Sundays and public holidays, the Green Room is closed and the breakfast will be served at an alternative venue

Your tour takes 2 hours including breakfast and ends at the Green Room of the Opera House (or an alternative venue on Sundays and public holidays).

Inclusions

  • 90-minute backstage tour at Sydney Opera House
  • English-speaking guide
  • Breakfast in the Green Room (or an alternate venue on Sunday, as the Green Room is not Open)

Exclusions

  • Hotel pick-up and drop-off

Additional info

The confirmation voucher includes the local activity operator’s contact details and local telephone numbers at the destination. They will happily answer any logistical questions you may have.On Sundays and public holidays the Green Room is closed so the breakfast will be served at an alternative venue instead.There will be no more than 8 participants on this tour

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