When the Sydney Opera House opened in 1973, it thrust Australia’s biggest city onto the world stage. Find out about its fasicnating history and the best things to do there.

In addition to the main performance spaces, visitors will find a number of multipurpose rooms, two smaller theaters, a recording studio, cafés, bars, shops, and offices inside the Sydney Opera House.

The Opera House’s fine dining restaurant, Bennelong, gets its name from the Gadigal word for the Sydney harbor area, and Aboriginal artist Megan Cope made a site-specific artwork, “Whispers ...

The Harbour Restaurant at the Sydney Opera House, pictured on October 20, 1973, when the building was officially opened. Credit: Fairfax Archive.

Bennelong Restaurant circa 1985. Credit: Sydney Opera House By 1984, Bennelong was offering $6 business lunches on a "superb" menu that included grilled pork chops Normandie, roast chicken ...

Bennelong restaurant in the Sydney Opera House opens again to customers. VIDEO: Sydney foodies have waited 18 months for the culinary jewel of the Sydney Opera House to open anew.

A major event on the Sydney calendar for six years now, the Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour, in partnership with Destination NSW, will stage Puccini’s La Bohème, from March 23-April 22, 2018).