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Peter FitzSimons: The Opera House
In this episode of Biographers in Conversation, Peter FitzSimons chats with Gabriella about the choices he made while writing The Opera House, the gripping biography of Sydney Opera House, one of the world’s most iconic buildings. Here’s what you’ll discover in this episode: Peter FitzSimons’s inspiration for writing the biography of Sydney Opera House. Why Peter opened The Opera House with the Indigenous history of Bennelong Point, the site on which Sydney Opera House now stands. How Peter researched the book and captured vivid sensory details that enabled him to reconstruct historically…
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