The Sydney Opera House today revealed the images to be projected onto the Sydney Harbour Bridge pylons on New Year’s Eve (NYE) at 11pm as part of the Sydney Opera House 50th Anniversary Moment.
There are 42 photos/films in total.
It looks to open with a film & a few images of the World Heritage site & it’s official opening in 1973 featuring the late Queen Elizabth II before travelling through its history to the present with other images such as of the late Barry Humphries portraying his iconic character Dame Edna Everage, complete with Opera House-themed Ascot hat in 1976, Life Enlivened & a Sails illumination for the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in 2019. It also looks to also feature a film of Iggy Pop performing in the Concert Hall. It then concludes with images from the 50th Anniversary celebrations, which concludes this NYE with the Midnight Fireworks.
You can view the list of photos/films here: https://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/sydney-harbour-bridge-new-years-eve-pylon-projection
10 years ago, during Sydney New Year’s Eve 2013 – Shine, there was a similar projection show for the 40th Anniversary called 40 Years Of Sydney Opera House – Iconic Moments. This was unannounced, though highly speculated in the lead-up to NYE2013 to be a feature on the Opera House sails, which would have been a 1st for NYE in terms of projection mapping. It ended up being projected onto the Sydney Harbour Bridge pylons regularly throughout the night of NYE and still unannounced when they first featured on the pylons. You can rewatch the 40th Anniversary show here:
To conclude the Sydney Opera House 50th Anniversary Moment, the Sydney Harbour Bridge pylon projections will debut new artificial intelligence-created animated segments of doughnuts, balloons, flowers, galaxies & kaleidoscopes, with help from Sydney NYE Harbour Bridge Pylon Projection Designers, VANDAL, in the lead-up to the iconic Midnight Fireworks.
During the Midnight Fireworks, the Sydney Opera House will feature as a location for fireworks & silver and gold pyrotechnics will be used around the Harbour to commemorate the Sydney Opera House’s 50th Anniversary.
There is a possibility this will be the last time the Sydney Opera House will be used for fireworks on NYE as the Opera House’s ‘Decade Of Renewal’ ended in late October on its’ 50th anniversary of its opening. The Sydney Opera House is also used for fireworks during Australia Day LIVE (26 January) & the Lights On! Moment of Vivid Sydney (late May).
The fact the Opera House is now used 2 more times during the year for fireworks might indicate it will return next NYE. However, 10 years ago, when they reintroduced the Opera House for NYE fireworks after its previous sole appearance at the turn of the Millenium, the reason stated was for the ‘Decade Of Renewal’, which finished 2 months ago so we will have to wait & see.
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