The company appeals to youngsters with a major new discount as Music Australia reports a decline in opera attendance.
Donovan will return to Australia to play the rebellious Randle P. McMurphy in an exclusive Melbourne season, which he will co-produce.
Inaugural recipient Beau Dean Riley Smith will develop a new major work which the dance company will premiere.
With TwoSet Violin for its cover stars, the June issue of Limelight is all about artists reshaping the ways in which audiences engage with the arts.
The collaboration aims to highlight how classical music can thrive online with an "accessible, creator-led and community-driven" approach.
Mark Wigglesworth says Henk de Vlieger’s orchestral synthesis captures the drama – not just the highlights – of Wagner’s epic Ring Cycle.
Eddy Chen and Brett Yang have become YouTube sensations as TwoSet Violin, taking classical music to new audiences through their tongue-in-cheek videos.
Yve Blake chats about her reimagining of Macbeth for Bell Shakespeare, starring a 13-year-old TV star with a cut-throat stage mum.
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Stephen Adams and The Music Box Project tune into the whimsical, lo-fi world of radio with fun, fantastical sonic results.
It could use a little more focus, but comic and playwright Happy Feraren's Savior is entertaining, if not revelatory.
Though the choreography between the works doesn't vary much, this triple bill reminds audiences of the social and cultural issues that connect people and place.
Queensland Ballet takes its audience to Europe for a triple bill with personal meaning.
A consummate, cerebral and satisfying concert of songs written at the very end of a very long life.
This brilliantly conceived production of Scarlatti's 1707 oratorio is set in contemporary times, on a beach, with superb performances all round.
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At this year’s Australian Festival of Chamber Music, a concert inspired by Horrible Histories will explore the demise of several composers.
As the end of the financial year approaches, we look into the Australian Cultural Fund’s revolutionary rethinking of the ways in which artists can connect with potential donors.
Mark Wigglesworth says Henk de Vlieger’s orchestral synthesis captures the drama – not just the highlights – of Wagner’s epic Ring Cycle.
Samuel Cairnduff explores how political pressure, weak leadership and funding models are reshaping what Australian arts organisations dare to do.
Steve Dow talks with actors Googoorewon Knox and Guy Simon, and playwright Jane Harrison about her new play Bennelong in London.
Cameron Lam surveys the latest (and upcoming) Classical, Jazz, and Sound Art releases on this month’s Australian Art Music playlist.
Limelight partners with Australian Festival of Chamber Music for an immersive Cairns experience led by Rachel Whealy.
Bychkov and his Prague forces prioritise history over histrionics.
Each piece in cellist-composer Hilary Kleinig's colourful solo debut is a star in its own right.
The collaboration aims to highlight how classical music can thrive online with an "accessible, creator-led and community-driven" approach.
Log in to read the flipbook version of Limelight's June 2026 magazine.
Eddy Chen and Brett Yang have become YouTube sensations as TwoSet Violin, taking classical music to new audiences through their tongue-in-cheek videos.
Ahead of her title-role debut in Opera Australia’s The Merry Widow, soprano Emma Pearson tells us why operetta deserves pride of place alongside opera.
The company appeals to youngsters with a major new discount as Music Australia reports a decline in opera attendance.
Log in to read the flipbook version of Limelight's June 2026 magazine.
Ahead of her title-role debut in Opera Australia’s The Merry Widow, soprano Emma Pearson tells us why operetta deserves pride of place alongside opera.
With TwoSet Violin for its cover stars, the June issue of Limelight is all about artists reshaping the ways in which audiences engage with the arts.
The editors of Limelight share their selection of the most exciting classical music, opera and theatre events coming soon.
A round-up of our recent news reports.
Donovan will return to Australia to play the rebellious Randle P. McMurphy in an exclusive Melbourne season, which he will co-produce.
British actor Nathaniel Parker will take on the role for Opera Australia, starring opposite Australian soprano Claire Lyon as Eliza Doolittle.
It could use a little more focus, but comic and playwright Happy Feraren's Savior is entertaining, if not revelatory.
Steve Dow talks with actors Googoorewon Knox and Guy Simon, and playwright Jane Harrison about her new play Bennelong in London.
With TwoSet Violin for its cover stars, the June issue of Limelight is all about artists reshaping the ways in which audiences engage with the arts.
The editors of Limelight share their selection of the most exciting classical music, opera and theatre events coming soon.
Inaugural recipient Beau Dean Riley Smith will develop a new major work which the dance company will premiere.
Though the choreography between the works doesn't vary much, this triple bill reminds audiences of the social and cultural issues that connect people and place.
Queensland Ballet takes its audience to Europe for a triple bill with personal meaning.
The editors of Limelight share their selection of the most exciting classical music, opera and theatre events coming soon.
A round-up of our recent news reports.
A spectacular Dracula satisfies our yearnings for the darkest stories.
Bychkov and his Prague forces prioritise history over histrionics.
Each piece in cellist-composer Hilary Kleinig's colourful solo debut is a star in its own right.
The attractive works of another talented Bach revealed.
Flanders and North Africa collide in an emperor’s fantasy funeral.
Get stuck into George Szell and Artur Rodziński care of Australian Eloquence.
Sir Donald and his festival forces scale the heights at a mountain festival.
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Our specialist writers analyse this year’s offerings in theatres and concert halls.
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