The iconic venue’s forecourt concerts have left many concertgoers disappointed by poor sound quality.

The Sydney Opera House has come under fire this week after a series of pop concerts on its newly finished forecourt have left many concertgoers dissatisfied. Poor sound quality was met by chants of “turn it up” by ticket holders attending performances by Tame Impala and Florence and the Machine. Meanwhile the recently completed reconstruction of the Opera House’s southern forecourt has once again been shut off to the public, while a pop-up stage has blighted the view of famous venue for the thousands of tourists who flock to see the building during the summer.

With its sweeping arches and gleaming white sails proudly overlooking the harbour, Australia’s most iconic building may be one of the most recognisable structures in the world, but visitors to the Sydney Opera House in recent years have been met with a rather less shiny vista. Over the course of three and half years, commencing in 2011, a $152 million building project saw a gaping hole gouged out of the Opera House’s forecourt, while beneath the building the most substantial capital works undertaken since the venue...