Performer Tim Minchin has written a song to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Sydney’s world-famous Opera House.
But even on the other side of the country, growing up in Perth, the 48-year-old comic musician and composer of“It is hard to quantify what the Opera House means to us all, but it is not just an icon on a million tea towels,” he told this masthead. “It is the most extraordinary building. No matter where you go in the world, everyone knows it. No matter what angle you look at it from, it’s a piece of art.
“A big thing about art and a building like the Opera House is it needs to be brave and push boundaries, which is what I hope I do in this little song,” Minchin said. “I was hugely flattered when I was invited to write something special for the Opera House’s 50th that celebrated it as a monument to what is possible when we think big. To remind us that our not-entirely-mythological ‘larrikin’ spirit is the same spirit that allows us to be bold and brave and not care too much what other people think.”
“It starts as a sad ballad about playing it safe and living by the rules, then kicks into a joyous party song – like a show tune on the Opera House steps.
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