Highlights
- Enjoy a guided tour and a world class opera performance at the Sydney Opera House
- Performances include La bohème, A Masked Ball, Falstaff, Orpheus in the Underworld, The Force of Destiny, Tosca, Don Pasquale, La Traviata, Albert Herring and the smash hit South Pacific
- 3-course dinner at the award-wining exclusive Aria Restaurant
- Enjoy an interval drink at one of the bars overlooking stunning Sydney Harbour
- Choose from A Reserve or B Reserve seating
Why Our Insiders Chose This Tour
If you want to make your visit to the celebrated Sydney Opera House truly unforgettable, choose this popular package. In addition to seeing a top-notch opera production, you get a guided tour, a gourmet dinner at Aria and a special souvenir.
What You Can Expect
Sydney Opera House
Performances are held in the Opera Theatre. With seating for 1547 people, its the second largest venue at Sydney Opera House. As the operas are performed in their original language (mostly Italian), subtitles in English are projected onto a screen above the stage.
You will begin the evening with a guided tour of Australia's most famous icon, the Sydney Opera House, followed by a three-course pre-theatre dinner at the Aria Restaurant. A performance by Opera Australia will complete your Red Carpet experience. You will receive an exclusive Sydney Opera House gift to take away as a souvenir.
Choose from the following seating options:
- A Reserve tickets with dinner at Aria
- B Reserve tickets with dinner at Aria
Please click "View Additional info" below for the Opera Theatre seating map
Itinerary
La bohème
Puccini’s heart-rending love story is transported to Berlin in the 1930s, where the high-spirited bohemians revel in the exotic seductions of the Spiegeltent.
Evenings at 7:30pm
January: 4, 7, 9, 10, 11, 16, 18, 21
March: 8, 12, 16, 19, 21, 23
The Magic Flute
Mozart’s imagination runs wild in a playground on the path to enlightenment, brought to life with spellbinding costumes and effects.
Evenings at 7:30pm
January: 18, 30
February: 4, 7, 14, 22, 26
March: 1, 6, 8, 13, 14, 21, 24
The Turk in Italy
Take two pairs of lovers, mix them up and introduce a clash of cultures for added color in Rossini's The Turk in Italy.
Evenings at 7:30pm
January: 22, 29, 31
February: 5, 12
Carmen
Dark, beautiful and a little bit dangerous, the vivacious gypsy girl Carmen has been captivating hearts for nearly 250 years.he ultimate femme fatale is back to stamp her feet, toss her hair and dance.
Evenings at 7:30pm
February: 3, 6, 8, 11, 13, 15, 19, 21, 25, 27
March: 5, 7, 12, 18, 20, 25, 27, 29
Eugene Onegin
Eugene Onegin is the journey from what could be to what might have been. Danish director Kasper Holten’s intriguing new production portrays Tatyana and Onegin as two dreamers whose lives drift and dance around each other, at the mercy of capricious breezes.
Evenings at 7:30pm
February: 28
March: 11, 15, 19, 22, 28
SAMPLE MENU
ARIA Pre-theatre Sample Dinner Menu:
Located on the doorstep of Sydney Opera House, ARIA combines the finest of food and wine, knowledgeable and friendly service with spectacular views of the Harbour Bridge, Circular Quay and of course the Opera House, making ARIA one of Sydney's ultimate dining restaurants.
The ARIA bar boasts an impressive private cellar providing the opportunity to sample some of Australia's rarest and the world's finest wines, with an elegant space for a relaxing drink before dining.
Entree:
- Freshly shucked Sydney Rock Oysters. Half dozen, with chardonnay vinaigrette and trout pearls
- Caramelized onion tart with jannei goats cheese and baby leeks
- Bug meat boudin blanc served with fine pasta, salmon roe and lime
- Ocean trout and Salmon terrine with a dill dressing and grilled sour dough
- Twice cooked Bangalow pork belly with caramelized apple and balsamic
- Pan fired potato gnocchi with buffalo mozzarella, green vegetables, sage and nut brown butter
- Crisp skin Barramundi with fresh udon noodles and eggplant
- South Australian jewfish with a mushroom and truffle crust, fingerling potatoes and gremolata
- Roast lamb rack with basil, Du Puy lentils and potato mash
- Char-grilled sirloin with red wine butter and Pont Neuf potatoes
Dessert:
- Mandarin Jelly with fresh raspberries and tea sorbet
- Quince and almond kouing-aman served hot with creme anglaise
- Valrhona chocolate and caramel delice with hazelnut praline and vanilla ice cream
- Ginger creme brulee with confit pineapple and caramel
- Cheese plate. A selection of Australian and international cheeses
Customer Reviews
March 2014
This package is excellent value. As a group of four we had dinner at Aria until after the show, opting to kick back at the Opera Bar with drinks and nibbles before taking our seats at the Opera. Our seats were first class and our beautiful young guide during the tour was confident, vibrant and professional. We all loved the Magic Flute and enjoyed a fantastic dinner - with great menu options - while overlooking the harbour, the QE was moored at Circular Quay and of course the Opera House ever present.
December 2013
Tour guide lovely and dinner wonderful, performance stellar.
