Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.The Czech-born designer is no novice. Luckily the sets and costumes are made to handle the rain, however, the extreme downpour was a bit too much to continue. “I had to sit down in this dress because it was so heavy soaked with water! My job is insane.” I couldn’t even open my eyes,” she wrote on an Instagram Story. “Tonight we had to stop the show because of a torrential downpour – and I literally performed the Point of No Return in a monsoon. Georgina Hopson, who plays Christine Daae, took to her Instagram to share videos and behind-the-scenes information regarding the rained-out show. The open-air concept allows audience members to experience opera under the night sky in a new environment.Ĭommenters were baffled the show continued to go on for as long as it did, but the set, costumes, and performers are fully prepared for the rain, to begin with. According to Opera Australia, Phantom of the Opera is newly part of the Handa Opera at Sydney Harbor program, which has been putting on operas outdoors for nearly ten years. Many were confused as to why the performance is taking place outdoors when the famous Sydney Opera House sits a few feet away. You could call it The opera house of Sydney," another of the Opera on Sydney harbour got cut short tonight because some clouds couldn't keep their rain in long enough 😤😤 pretty surreal experience to be honest and what an amazing show #phantom #musical "Imagine if Sydney had a roofed building to perform the arts. Sign up for our new free Indy100 weekly newsletter "Sydney really needs to invest in some form of an opera house," a TikTok commenter said. But once viewers realized the performance took place outdoors, people could not help but make the same joke about moving the performance inside - to an opera house nearby perhaps?
TikTok user Matthew Vandeputte shared footage of the opera and said "Phantom of the Opera on Sydney harbour got cut short tonight because some clouds couldn't keep their rain in long enough 😤😤 pretty surreal experience to be honest and what an amazing show."Īgainst the set design and lighting, the rain looks as though it's meant to be part of the show. Despite the website saying the performance will go on rain or shine, the torrential downpour proved to be too much.
Videos of the opera show the performers singing The Point of No Return while heavy rains and wind drench the stage and weigh down the performers' costumes. Footage of an outdoor performance of Phantom of the Opera in Sydney, Australia getting rained out is going viral - prompting everyone to make the same joke about the location.
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