“As a building, Jørn Utzon’s creation needs no introduction,” writes Ashleigh Wilson in the introduction to the newly published book Transcendence: 50 Years of Unforgettable Moments at the Sydney Opera House.
While celebrating the Opera House’s first half-century, Transcendence is not about the building as such, but a reflection on what the building has meant to some of the artists who have passed through its doors, either as performers or audience members.
From the Sails: Light Years at the Sydney Opera House. Photo © Daniel Boud
The book brings together 50 personal memories from 50 artists across 50 years. “In their own way, they are transformative moments,” writes Wilson. “They endure with a kind of potency – raw, revelatory and powerfully alive. These are also stories that reveal as much about the Opera House as they do about the city itself.”
Wilson is the editor of Transcendence. A former arts journalist and editor at The Australian, he is the author of Brett Whiteley: Art, Life and the Other Thing, and now works at the Sydney Opera House.
He came up with the idea for the book as a way to help...
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