The Sydney Opera House is located in Sydney, Australia.
The building occupies Bennelong Point on the foreshore of Sydney Harbour, beside the Central Business District and near the Harbour Bridge. Its sail-like roof shells make it one of the most recognizable landmarks in Australia and an international symbol of the city itself.
The Opera House is a multi-venue performing-arts centre rather than a single theatre. Its spaces host opera, concerts, ballet, drama, dance, talks, and other performances. Major resident organizations have included Opera Australia, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, The Australian Ballet, and the Sydney Theatre Company.
Sydney is the capital of New South Wales, Australia’s most populous state. That location is sometimes confused with Melbourne, another major Australian cultural centre, or with Brisbane and Perth, but none of those cities contains the Sydney Opera House. The name is geographic as well as institutional: it identifies the building with its harbour city and distinguishes it from opera venues elsewhere in Australia.