Dinner on Us
See a performance at Sydney Opera House and we'll shout you dinner!
Tickets start from $139* for select performances of The Merry Widow, Rigoletto and The Drover's Wife.
We’ll make a dinner reservation for you and your guests at Eastbank, Searock Grill, or Bennies, Circular Quay two hours before your performance begins. Order from the 'Dinner on us' menu from 5:00pm and enjoy your meal with a complimentary glass of wine or beer, before strolling to the Sydney Opera House.
Lehár
The Merry Widow
8 July – 18 August 2026
Sydney Opera House
Flirty | Funny | Fabulous
An opulent party of glitz, glamour and Parisian charm, featuring familiar waltzes, tuneful melodies and lively choreography. The Merry Widow is flirty, funny and fabulous.
A must-see if you love musical theatre, Gilbert and Sullivan, dance, nostalgia.
Verdi
Rigoletto
21 July – 21 August 2026
Sydney Opera House
Dark | Masterful | Enduring
Verdi’s classic opera offers hit tunes, glamour, grit, lust and revenge. This popular production features a dolls-house style revolving set and a scene-stealing Fiat 500.
A must see if you love revenge dramas, royals behaving badly, ingenious stagecraft.
Leah Purcell
The Drover's Wife
7 & 11 August 2026
Sydney Opera House
Raw | Expansive | Groundbreaking
A new opera based on Leah Purcell’s groundbreaking adaptation of Henry Lawson’s classic short story. Emotional melodies, lush orchestration and operatic grandeur meet contemporary Aboriginal storytelling.
A must see if you love Australian stories, outback thrillers, Henry Lawson, contemporary treatments of classic works.
The fine print
This offer is only available for selected performances of The Merry Widow from 8 July to 18 August, Rigoletto from 21 July to 21 August, The Drover's Wife on 7 & 11 August at the Sydney Opera House in Premium, A, B, C, and D Reserve A $9.80 booking fee applies. The offer is available at Eastbank, Searock Grill, and Bennies on selected performance dates only. This offer is not available in conjunction with any other offer and is only available for full-price adult tickets. This offer is limited by restaurant availability. Bookings close at 4pm the day before performances unless sold out. This offer is only valid when the chosen performance and dinner are on the same date. Orders will be checked and amended if the date of the chosen performance and dinner are not the same. This offer is only valid when the same number of performance tickets and dinners are purchased in the same transaction. Each restaurant can cater to arrivals from 5:00pm. The customer must order from the 'Dinner on us' menu no later than 90 minutes prior to the start time of their performance. This offer is only available through the Opera Australia box office and at opera.org.au. The dinner portion of this offer cannot be applied to existing bookings retrospectively. This offer is only available to a maximum of 30 people per restaurant, per night.
Opera Australia accepts the Companion Card for carers to attend each performance free of charge. If the patron purchasing this Dinner on Us offer has a Companion Card and requires for their companion to accompany them to the dinner as well as the performance, a charge of $35 for the dinner applies.