Handa Opera has returned to Sydney Harbour after a year of postponement due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The show is set on a purpose-built stage over the water, with the Sydney Opera House, Sydney Harbour Bridge and cityscape as the backdrop.

The much-loved opera La Traviata has finally taken to the stage a year after it was first scheduled.

Director Constantine Costi told Deborah Knight a three-tonne chandelier hangs over the stage.

“I think it might be the biggest chandelier in the southern hemisphere.”

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