Each night 3 000 people will gather outside the sydney opera house and gaze up at the 328 foot 100 meter wide steps turned into an opera stage for the first time ever sydney opera house the opera is the story of the building of the sydney opera house a story with more twists and turns than any opera showing for a limited time from october 28 to november 5 2016 this is a brand new concept for outdoor opera combining opera and technology in honour of that great architectural feat the