METROPOLIS & SYDNEY SYMPHONY

This 1927 Fritz Lang masterpiece is one that barely needs an introduction: a sweeping, dystopic sci-fi fairytale of the silent era, the imagery of which has since become iconic. As has the myth; Metropolis famously went missing for 80 years in its entirety until it turned up in Buenos Aires in 2008 – and it has been enjoying a solid re-run ever since. Get yourself along to the cavernous halls of the Sydney Opera House to experience the legend melded with the neo-Romantic stylings of composer Gottfried Huppertz as interpreted by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. (AB)

Oct 28-29, Sydney Opera House, $35-125, 9250 7777, sydneyoperahouse.com