Sydney Opera House

The Concert Hall inside the Sydney Opera House at Opera Australia's Verdi Requiem on August 11, 2017, with the orchestra in place below the empty choir seats, the Grand Organ's pipes rising behind and the timber-clad seating banked on every side. Everyone knows the sails from the harbor; this is the room inside them. This photo shows the hall before its upgrade. After more than two years of work it reopened on July 20, 2022, with 18 new acoustic reflectors over the stage replacing the old clear acrylic rings you can see here. That makes now the best time in its history to hear an orchestra in this room.