Sydney Opera House
December 23rd, 2007
The distinctive shape of the Sydney Opera House has become symbolic for the country of Australia. This venue’s unique profile makes it possible for even the non-traveler to recognize the Sydney skyline.
Although everyone can recognize the Sydney Opera House, to actually visit this location both tourists and Sydney residents alike need a way to access up-to-date information about current and future events. Fortunately, its website offers complete information –including dates and times– for events and concerts scheduled for presentation at the Opera House. Tickets are also available for purchase online.
With its innovative design and clean operation, the website provides a world-class online experience and the highest level of online convenience for all visitors. The site is powered by Hewlett-Packard and behaves just as you would expect with such heavyweight corporate backing by a technology company.
The Sydney Opera House website is clearly designed to showcase visitors’ two main activities: finding out what’s playing and buying tickets for performances. Visitors to Sydney and residents can benefit a great deal from visiting this site. Anyone who wants to attend a show or perhaps tour this famous building can find information and arrange the details of their visit.
One of the best things about the website is the way that scheduled events are presented: the home page shows upcoming events by displaying virtual posters on a virtual wall. It’s remarkably easy to scan various future events and find one (or more) of interest. You can access additional information about a particular performance or concert simply by hovering over each “poster” with your mouse.
Another positive feature of the Sydney Opera House website is the way that a useful search box appears on nearly every page of the site. Although the site is laid out in a very intuitive, easy-to-navigate manner, what is intuitive for some may be confusing to others. This can be true with any website. The search box always seems to be close at hand, so finding something related to your keywords of interest is easy to accomplish.
It isn’t often that one cannot find negatives about a particular website, but honestly, when it comes to the site of the Sydney Opera House, there seems to be nothing left out and nothing extra. Even impatient surfers will be impressed by the way that every page loads quickly without errors or glitches of any kind.
The site provides a quick and easy portal to upcoming events in Sydney. Plans can be made and tickets can be purchased from anywhere in the world. Whether you are planning a trip to the Sydney Opera House or simply want to witness the state of the art in website design for a performing arts venue, this is a website that you really must visit.
This website receives our highest recommendation, 5/5. If there were more than five points, they would be awarded without hesitation.