Stream will also collaborate with international arts centres around the world to stream overseas shows for Australian audiences. Stuart Buchanan, Sydney Opera House Opera House head of digital programming Stream is trying to show that full gamut and range. There is still some misconception that the Opera House is just high art. Stream will also kick off with a library of over 30 hours of programming across more than 45 films and other events.ĭigital attendees will be able to select from a mixture of free and pay-per-view options that will correspond with the Opera House’s in-house and new online-only programming. Pay-per-view will ultimately range from $10 to $35.Īustralian singer-songwriter Ziggy Ramo will perform a free show on the Opera House forecourt on Saturday that will also be live-streamed on the new service.

To promote the Opera House’s new service, four free live streams will be available on April 9, 10 and 11 of a culturally diverse music collective Barrabuwari (“tomorrow” in the Gadigal language), Australian singer-songwriter Jack River and classical music whiz kids behind the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. “It should feel very familiar and very straightforward.” And that’s the intention,” Mr Buchanan said. “When you visit Stream, it’s likely that you’ll say ‘well, that looks like any other streaming platform that I use’. Sydney Opera House head of digital programming Stuart Buchanan says Stream will feel like other streaming services that viewers are accustomed to using. The service, to be called simply “Stream”, has been built by New York-headquartered video software company Vimeo under the direction of the Opera House’s head of digital programming, Stuart Buchanan. Australia’s iconic Sydney Opera House is poised to enter the Netflix era with a new streaming service, launching on Tuesday, that will feature a library of content including archived performances and live-streamed shows.

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