Sydney Opera House

The Sydney Opera House, an iconic Australian landmark, attracts over 10.9 million visitors annually and is considered the country's leading tourist attraction.

Waagner-Biro Stage Systems, an Austrian company, was instrumental in the realization of this architectural masterpiece by supplying the original stage machinery prior to its opening in 1973. This prestigious tender in the 1960s marked a major international breakthrough for the company in the field of stage technology.

In 2015, Waagner-Biro Stage Systems was awarded the contract to modernize the stage machinery in the opera house's Joan Sutherland Theatre, which was successfully completed by the end of 2017.

The next project in the Opera House's renovation programme was the modernization of the world-famous concert hall. Waagner-Biro Stage Systems was once again awarded to renew the entire stage machinery of the concert hall, including the upper and lower stage technology as well as the acoustic technology.

One of the biggest challenges was to integrate machine hoists with a much higher payload than before into the architecture of the building. These included 78 winches, 6 bobines and 14 chain hoists for precise and reliable movement of the stage elements. In addition, a stage riser with 28 platforms, 4 seating wagons with seat tilting mechanism as well as 22 automated reflectors in the side walls, 18 upper stage reflectors and 28 side wall acoustic banners were installed to ensure an optimal acoustic environment in the concert hall.

The C⋅A⋅T control system enables precise and efficient control of the entire stage technology.