MEL O'CALLAGHAN

Featuring more than 300 choristers from Sydney Philharmonia Choirs, conducted by Brett Weymark, Live Echo drew the hidden frequencies of the Opera House into voice, transforming the building’s resonant hum into song. 

As the work unfolds, it becomes an act of endurance and release. As voices rise and merge, they dissolve into a single, continuous vibration — both human and architectural.

Live Echo builds on Mel O’Callaghan’s long exploration of transformation and transcendence while extending her interest in ritual and the body as a vessel for change. Through collective breath and shared vibration, the work becomes a site of renewal where sound and form encounter the possibility of transformation.

Presented and Commissioned by the Sydney Opera House.

Curated by Michael Do