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Marvel Studios Infinity Saga Concert Experience – Sydney!

It’s been less than two months since I was in Melbourne at the Marvel Studios Infinity Saga Concert Experience, so what is different this time?

Well, for a start, it’s at the Sydney Opera House and being performed by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra under the baton of conductor Benjamin Northey. Also, I had my wife B along with me, Alex staying home to study for exams next week. Tragic, eh, the parents watching superheroes with the kid being all serious and working!

Please see my Melbourne review for the structure of the concert, as this one followed the same pattern, except that conductor Northey gave a longer introduction. I think knowing what to expect helped me enjoy this concert even more than the first outing and allowed me to focus more on the orchestra than the film clips on the big screen.

The Sydney Symphony Orchestra were in fine form, really bringing the scores from the variety of composers to life. We had a great view of the string sections, with the ostinato of variations on Silvestri’s Avengers Theme keeping them busy, while Ramin Djawardi and Christophe Beck’s themes for Iron Man and Ant Man respectively gave the percussionists a huge workout. I noticed that the rock music drummer was kept in a clear plastic enclosure, probably for the safety of the musicians and audience. Drummers have a very wild reputation.

Once again, I thoroughly enjoyed Benjamin Northey’s dramatic conducting as you get the sense he really is channeling the music. So was I. This time I took pleasure in the variation of Patrick Doyle’s Thor and Pinar Toprak’s Captain Marvel, freed from the expectation of what they should sound like based on the soundtrack.

It was also fun sharing the experience with B and with the rest of the vocal audience, some of whom rose to give the orchestra a deserving standing ovation.

I certainly had a marvellous time!

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Percival Everett

Author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning ‘James’, Percival Everett joins us for an engrossing conversation about the power of parody & satire to puncture holes in our ideas about race & identity.

1 March 2026
Sydney Opera House

#PercivalEverett #Books #Authors #James #SydneyOperaHouse #Sydney
https://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/talks-and-ideas/percival-everett

NSW court rules in police’s favour over planned Sydney Opera House pro-Palestine march

The highest court in NSW has made a prohibition order over a planned pro-Palestinian march to the Sydney…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #AU #Australia #Courts #nsw #nswpolice #NSWSupremeCourt #pro-Palestinerally #protest #Sydney #SydneyOperaHouse
https://www.newsbeep.com/173218/

Wonderful music video by Tim Minchin celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Sydney Opera House opening back on 20 October 1973.
https://youtu.be/l8ouigVtUvo

It prompted me to read the Wikipedia article. I learned that planning began in the late 1940s and construction started on 2 March 1959.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Opera_House#History

#TimMinchin #SydneyOperaHouse #Music

Arts industry leaders call for tax reforms to help struggling sector

The art sector says bold tax reforms could be key to supporting a rapidly changing industry during “challenging…
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https://www.newsbeep.com/145455/

Found a cool, moody spot under the Opera House. The way the light hits this tunnel makes everything look like a film noir scene.

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