2006-10-12 04:15:29 · 12 answers · asked by top 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
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2006-10-12 04:16:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
After 15 years of construction, the Sydney Opera House designed by Danish architect Jørn Utzon opened on October 20 in 1973.
2006-10-12 04:17:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Planning for the Sydney Opera House began in the late 1940s when Eugene Goossens, the Director of the NSW State Conservatorium of Music, lobbied for a suitable venue for large theatrical productions. At the time, the normal venue for such productions was the Sydney Town Hall, but this venue was not large enough. By 1954, Goossens succeeded in gaining the support of NSW Premier Joseph Cahill, who called for designs for a dedicated opera house.
It was also Goossens who insisted that Bennelong Point be the site for the Opera House. Cahill had wanted it to be on or near the Wynyard Railway Station, located in the north-western Sydney CBD.
The competition that Cahill organised received 233 entries. The basic design that was finally accepted in 1955 was submitted by Jørn Utzon, a Danish architect. Utzon arrived in Sydney in 1957 to help supervise the project
2006-10-12 04:18:09 · answer #3 · answered by True B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The winner of the competiton to design the Opera House was won by Jorn Utzon, a Danish architect. He supervised the first stages of the construction, but politics intervened and there were disputes. Utzon resigned & never visited the finished building. The project was completed by Peter Hall, E Farmer, D Littlemore & Lionel Todd. The building was officially opened by the Queen in Oct. 1973.
2006-10-12 04:24:42 · answer #4 · answered by Caro 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sydney Opera House
Designer: Danish architect, Jørn Utzon.
Opening: Queen Elizabeth II, on 20 October, 1973.
First Performance: The Australian Opera's production of War and Peace by Prokofiev.
Cost To Build: $AU 102,000,000.
Conducts 3,000 events each year.
Provides guided tours to 200,000 people each year.
Annual audience of 2 million for its performances.
2006-10-12 04:23:05 · answer #5 · answered by Brite Tiger 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The basic design that was accepted in 1955 was submitted by Jørn Utzon, a Danish architect.
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2006-10-12 04:24:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jorn Utzon
2006-10-12 04:18:32 · answer #7 · answered by richard_beckham2001 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rolf Harris?
2006-10-12 04:23:08 · answer #8 · answered by Louise 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Jørn Utzon, and he wasn`t amused,
he thought it was an outside tiolet
2006-10-12 05:04:16 · answer #9 · answered by GB123 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Outside or inside??
2006-10-15 10:06:13 · answer #10 · answered by hat c 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋