We had sat down at the beginning of February and looked at what would be playing at the Opera House during our visit. Feeling that a proper cultural performance was the order of the day we booked two tickets to Handels Hits in the main concert hall. So, with our best garb on (not easy when you're a backpacker, however Claire was delighted that Emma helped dress her up from her own wardrobe). We sashayed up the steps of the Opera House and into our primo seats. The performance consisted of a conductor (Brett Weymark), a 30 piece orchestra & 300 person choir (Sydney Philharmonia Festival Orchestra and Chorus) and 3 operatic singers. Impressive, very impressive. We had pre booked our interval drinks and so quickly made our way out onto the balcony to enjoy the 360 degrees nigh time views. Again, most surreal. Then it was back for the second half. The conductor would pick up the microphone from time to time to tell us about the life and times of Handel and to put the performance into context.
City lights stretched out before us
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