考拉和悉尼歌剧院的英文介绍

1、The Sydney Opera House is located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on Bennelong Point. It was conceived and largely built by Danish architect J0 rn Utzon, who in 2003 received the Pritzker Prize, architectures highest honour.1 The citation stated T here is no doubt that the Sydney Opera House i

2、s his masterpiece. It is one of the great iconic buildings of the 20th century, an image of great beauty that has become known throughout the world a symbol for not only a city, but a whole country and continent. ”The Opera House was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site on 28 June 2007.2 It is one of t

3、he worlds most distinctive 20th century buildings, and one of the most famous performing arts centres in the world.The Sydney Opera House is situated on Bennelong Point in Sydney Harbour, close to the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Contrary to the implication of the name, it houses a multi-venue performing

4、arts centre, rather than a single Opera theatre. As well as hosting many touring productions in a variety of performance genres, the Sydney Opera House is a major presenting venue for Opera Australia, The Australian Ballet, the Sydney Theatre Company and the Sydney Symphony. It is administered by th

5、e Sydney Opera House Trust, under the New South Wales Ministry of the Arts.悉尼歌剧院的英文介绍Sydney Opera House must be one of the most recognisable images of the modern world - up there with the Eiffel Tower and the Empire State Building - and one of the most photographed.Not only is it recognisable, it ha

6、s come to represent Australia.Although only having been open since 1973, it is as representative of Australia as the pyramids are of Egypt and the Colosseum of Rome. The Opera House is situated on Bennelong Point, which reaches out into the harbour. The skyline of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, the blue

7、 water of the harbour and the Sydney Opera House, viewed from a ferry or from the air, is dramatic and unforgettable. Ironic, perhaps, that this Australian icon - the Opera House with a roof evocative of a ship at full sail - was designed by renowned Danish architect - J0 rn Utzon. In the late 1950s

8、 the NSW Government established an appeal fund to finance the construction of the Sydney Opera House, and conducted a competition for its design. Utzons design was chosen. The irony was that his design was, arguably, beyond the capabilities of engineering of the time. Utzon spent a couple of years r

9、eworking the design and it was 1961 before he had solved the problem of how to build the distinguishing feature - the sails of the roof. Sydney Opera House from the harbour, photo courtesy of Andrew Watts。The venture experienced cost blow-outs and there were occasions when the NSW Government was tem

10、pted to call a halt. In 1966 the situation - with arguments about cost and the interior design, and the Government withholding progress payments - reached crisis point and J0rn Utzon resigned from the project. The building was eventually completed by others in 1973. Sydney Opera House facts and figu

11、res The Sydney Opera house:Was designed by Danish architect J0rn Utzon. Was opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 20 October 1973. Presented, as its first performance, The Australian Operas production of War and Peace by Prokofiev.Cost $AU 102,000,000 to build. Conducts 3000 events each year. Provides gui

12、ded tours to 200,000 people each year. Has an annual audience of 2 million for its performances. Includes 1000 rooms. Is 185 metres long and 120 metres wide. Has 2194 pre-cast concrete sections as its roof. Has roof sections weighing up to 15 tons.Has roof sections held together by 350 kms of tensio

13、ned steel cable.Has over 1 million tiles on the roof. Uses 6225 square metres of glass and 645 kilometres of electric cable.SYDNEY, Australia-Around every bend in Australia, there are natural beauties and magnificent vistas. But perhaps nothing identifies the country more than a breathtaking view of

14、 the Sydney Opera House.The Opera House, designed by Danish architect J0rn Utzon, is lauded by many as one of the architectural wonders of the modern world. It attracts 90 percent of tourists who visit Sydney and acts as a major home to the performing arts in Australia.Australian cuisineThe site of

15、the opera house is some 500 yards from where the first European colonists landed in 1788. Fort Macquarie was established there at Bennelong Point in 1821. A tram depot came along in 1902. Trams were phased out in the 1950s, not long after Sydney Symphony Orchestra conductor Eugene Goossens began act

16、ively floating the idea of a concert hall. A government official seized on the concept and established an advisory committee, which selected the site of the old tram shed as the new home of the Sydney Opera House.In 1956, the government announced an international design competition. Utzon won the ne

17、xt year with his distinctive soaring sails vision of a harborside center. He said his idea for the structure had come from a simple source: the orange.All the shells are cut out of the same sphere, says Michael Lynch, chief executive of the Opera House Trust, and now all have a common denominator.In

18、 an interesting aside, renowned American architect Frank Lloyd Wright didnt approve of the blueprints. The circus tent is not architecture, Wright said.Reconciling with the architectConstruction of the Opera House took almost a decade and a half, and cost US $66 million, more than 14 times original

19、projectionsConstruction began in 1959. It was supposed to take four years and cost $7 million Australian (US $4.7 million) - to be paid from lottery revenues. That turned out to be an unrealistic figure.They went through extraordinary difficulty in trying to make the building work, Lynch says. The s

20、ails themselves are all made out of pre-stressed concrete at a point where that was pretty much cutting-edge technology.Construction wasnt finished until 14 years later in 1973, with a $100 million Australian (US $66 million) price tag. Utzon didnt stick around for the completion. He left in 1966, d

21、isgusted with changes the New South Wales government wanted to make to his design - as early as the first year of construction, for example, officials had demanded he double the number of performance spaces in the facility.Utzon vowed never to return. I dont care if they pull the opera house down, h

22、es reported to have said.The architect, now 81, apparently has had some change of heart over the years. The Sydney Morning Herald reports that hes agreed to help Australian architects upgrade the building. The article says theyll travel to the Spanish island of Majorca to consult with Utzon on redes

23、igning the interior to match the exterior. Utzon is not expected to come to Sydney for the project.Going for more than just concertsThe ceiling of the Opera House. The architect said the design concept came from an orange: Shells . cut outof the same sphereThe complex boasts several performance hall

24、s that carry every genre of entertainment, from jazz to ballet. An estimated 3,000 performances each year are seen by about two million people.I think its one of the great performance arts centers in the world, Lynch says. The performing arts in Australia have blossomed, I think, largely because of

25、the role that this building plays.Visitors are drawn to more than the performances. The complex holds cafes and shops, too. Today, more than 300,000 visitors tour the opera house each year.And with the eyes of the world turning to Australia for the year 2000 and its Summer Olympic Games there, its a

26、 safe bet that the Sydney Opera House will remain the nations true center stage.Sydney Opera HouseAustralias most recognizable icon is dramatically situated on the eastern headland of Circular Quay. Its famous sail- and shell-like roofs were inspired by palm fronds, according to architect Jorn Utzon

27、, but may remind you of turtles engaging in sexual congress. The Opera House is so unique that it has been photographed a zillion times, appears on an army of cheap t-shirts, every other Sydney postcard and decorates the frames of Dame Ednas dramatic glasses. It was built between 1959 and 1973, but

28、plagued with construction delays and political difficulties which culminated in the resignation of Utzon in 1966. Although some visitors are disappointed by the interior, designed by a consortium of Australians after Utzon quit, its a truly memorable place to see a performance or to sit at one of its outdoor cafes with a bottle of white wine and watch