Transcendence

50 Years of Unforgettable Moments at the Sydney Opera House

Ashleigh Wilson, The Sydney Opera House Trust

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Thames & Hudson
26 September 2023

Theatre Studies; Individual actors & performers; Autobiography: arts & entertainment

A singer overwhelmed by his crowd. A dancer on ice above sea. A teenage girl, later to become a virtuoso conductor, jolted by the sound of a symphony.

Two filmmakers exchange vows on their opera set. A photographer hears a Cistercian echo in the sails. And one night, after a Verdi curtain call, an audience member who looks a lot like Bob Dylan receives a private singing lesson in a theatre named after Australia's greatest opera star.

For fifty years, the Sydney Opera House has elevated the spirits of all who enter its orbit.

Here, fifty artists - from Simone Young to Nick Cave, Sylvie Guillem to Briggs, Baz Luhrmann to Carlotta - share their most indelible memories from a building that embodies the Australian contemporary experience.

By: Ashleigh Wilson
Contributions by: The Sydney Opera House Trust
Imprint: Thames & Hudson
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 222mm, Width: 172mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 854g
ISBN: 9781760763893
ISBN 10: 1760763896
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 26 September 2023
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Ashleigh Wilson is the editor of Transcendence (2023) and author of Brett Whiteley: Art, Life and the Other Thing (2016), On Artists (2019) and A Year with Wendy Whiteley (2022). He was a journalist and editor for more than two decades, and won a Walkley Award for a series on unethical behaviour in the Aboriginal art industry. He works at the Sydney Opera House. Each contributing writer has a special connection with the Opera House, and their reflections illustrates this connection through a particular moment in time.