Sydney 2000 Opening Ceremony Part 01„G-Day Moment" The Man from Snowy River HD

The opening ceremony of the XXVII. Olympic Games 2000 in Sydney set a new standard for the Olympic opening ceremony. It is still considered the best opening ceremony ever. 120 000 spectators and more than 12,000 performers were involved in the nearly 5-hour show. The artistic director of the show, David Atkins was the only member of the organizing team of the Games in Sydney with the gold pin of the International Olympic Committee signed off. 2006 David Atkins produced his partner Ignatius Jones and its major events company the Opening and Closing Ceremony 15th Asian Games in Doha (Qatar). The two Olympic ceremonies of the Winter Games in Vancouver in 2010, was designed by David Atkins Enterprises, developed and produced. David Atkins is now the leading producer of major events worldwide.
The opening ceremony began with 120 stockmen and their Stock Horses. The stockmen are the Australian version of the Cowboys.
They carried the Olympic flag and rode to the music of "The Man from Snowy River".
"The Man from Snowy River" is a famous Australian poem by Banjo Petersen, who also wrote the text for Australia's unofficial national anthem "Waltzing Matilda".
The poem was the inspiration for the eponymous Australian feature film. The music was composed by Bruce Rowland.
The opening ceremony was the music of Bruce Rowland The Man from Snowy River "as" Olympic "version rearranged. During the opening ceremony he conducted in this scene and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.

The official Australian national anthem was by James Morrison, the Swing City Band, Human Nature, Julie Anthony, the listed Sydney Millennium Choir and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. The musical director of the opening ceremony, Max Lambert, arranged the pieces and Simone Young conducted the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.

Executive Producer and Director of Ceremonies, Ric Birch
Artistic Director of Opening Ceremonies: David Atkins
Director scene for "The Man from Snowy River". Ignatius Jones
Musical General Director: Max Lambert
Music "The Man from Snowy River (Olympic Version)" composed and conducted by Bruce Rowland

The English speaker for the opening ceremony in the stadium was the Australian actor John Stanton.

Contributors: The Stockman's, James Morrison, Swing City Band, Human Nature, Julie Anthony, the Sydney Millennium Choir and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra conducted by Bruce Rowland and Simone Young

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• James Morrison
• Swing City Band
• Human Nature
• Julie Anthony
• Sydney Millennium Choir
• Sydney Symphony Orchestra
• Bruce Rowland
• Simone Young
• John Stanton
• David Atkins
• Ric Brich
• Ignatius Jones
• The Man from Snowy River
• Sydney 2000

[coasterdork26]

i thought it was the second best beijing just barely edge them out for the best. stll one of the best in history

[davidatkinsfan]

@coasterdork26 sydney is and was the best ever opening ceremony of Olympic summer games. vancouver is the best of the winter games.

[crewoperator]

was waiting so long for that very spectacular event ..thanks for uploading. sven from berlin ((:

[davidatkinsfan]

@crewoperator gern geschehen. ebenfalls grüße aus berlin

[ega230784]

Amazing!!! In my opinion the very best Olympic Games ever!

[jufovi]

Sydney Olympic scored with this spectacular ceremony and David Atkins reached achieving greater pedigree in your resume. Each segment of the opening ceremony was superbly to music with beautiful staging and costumes rather spectacular and not to mention the lighting of the cauldron that originality and beauty!. My rating: 9.5 / 10.

Hopefully all the parts of the ceremony would have gone in 1080 or 720p. A show worth seeing.

[haspole29]

thanku for putting the whole cermoney on :)) i was to young to remember such an awesome event :)

[Jinda89]

@HTownCountryFan No, the only two nations that do/did that are the US and the Romans. Sometimes, though rare people do put their hand on heart, but it looks odd and unnecessary

[ahmedayat1]

well beijing is far better athens is far better too

[Lukey0915]

it was funny how this olypic opening ceromony was on my birthday because i was born on 15/9/1987 and this was on 15/9/2000 i had the whole australia giving me a great birthday pressie lol

[sstewart2787]

This is a stunning show! The show flows smoothly from one part to the next, something I felt Beijing and other ceremonies missed. And you can definitely see portions of this in what Atkins created in 2010 in Vancouver. I personally felt he achieved greater success in Vancouver, but none of his other spectacles can compare with the sheer size of the 2000 Opening Ceremonies.

Thank you for posting this!

[dave1053]

@Broncos69

She did sing it live

[FutureolympianXC]

@ega230784: Thats bascially everyones opinion...like its Universally agreed that these weere the best and no one will beat it :D

[gerrardgooding]

@coasterdork26 I don't know but Beijing lacked the soul and authenticity that Sydney Olympics had. Bejing was visually impressive but it was all too mechanical for my liking. I didn't like how their government 'forced' them to act and behave a certain way instead of them enjoying it with the Olympic spirit. It really kind of turned me off & it stopped me from really enjoying the games tbh.

I remember the IOC president saying this was the best Olympics ever. Didn't hear him say that in Beijing.