The ACO has acquired one of the finest violas in the world, one made in Italy in 1610 by luthier Giovanni Paolo Maggini.
“Refreshing in its experiment with genre and form”: Emilie Collyer's Super wins the VPLA Drama Prize.
Big reads, in-depth analysis of Limelight's Artists of the Year vote, and everything you need to stay on top of the classical music and performing arts scene.
Winter Olympics over. Let the Sacrilegious Games begin. Digital stars Brett Yang and Eddy Chen return.
In a year defined by ambition, authority and musical impact, three towering names claim the honours.
Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana is one of the most regularly performed choral works of our time. We look at the reasons for its popularity.
The Music Director of the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra discusses China’s relationship with Western music ahead of an Australian tour.
Many arts organisations are now offering a range of accessible options from tactile tours to Auslan-interpreted and relaxed performances.
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A program packed with contrast and superb music-making.
British writer Sam Holcroft's satire reminds us that censorship seldom shows up wearing jackboots.
Elision marks 40 years with eight taut miniatures exploring texture, ritual and instrumental extremity.
Sam Raimi's cabin-the-woods horror gets a spoofy musical theatre renovation. You get laundry time.
A visually startling spectacle performed by dancers wearing eye-popping exoskeletons and prostheses.
Powerful and at times diaphanous recreations of Debussy’s magnificent impressions.
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Limelight partners with Australian Festival of Chamber Music for an immersive Cairns experience led by Rachel Whealy.
Always moving with the times, The King’s Singers balance tradition, conviction and contemporary ideas of connection.
BenQ’s PianoLight Grand is changing the way pianists see the keyboard – at home and in the concert hall.
From synagogue gin bars to beanbag lounges, Vladimir Fanshil's Live at Yours series prioritises intimacy and innovation over convention.
Isobel Waller-Bridge chats to Maddy Briggs about her new album, Objects, which shines a magical lens on mundane objects and sounds.
Daniel Verstappen's Sydney Opera House performance invites listeners into a world where diverse musical traditions come to an understanding.
Set in modern-day Seoul, Simon Stone’s The Cherry Orchard finds new urgency in Chekhov’s portrait of a society on the brink.
A program packed with contrast and superb music-making.
Melbourne professor’s energetic chamber music is far from dusty academia.
Elision marks 40 years with eight taut miniatures exploring texture, ritual and instrumental extremity.
The ACO has acquired one of the finest violas in the world, one made in Italy in 1610 by luthier Giovanni Paolo Maggini.
Powerful and at times diaphanous recreations of Debussy’s magnificent impressions.
An adventurous program of contrasts, balancing polished gravitas with volatile contemporary energy.
An efficient, glass-walled descent into Kafka’s world of systems, stagnation and spiritual suffocation.
Big reads, in-depth analysis of Limelight's Artists of the Year vote, and everything you need to stay on top of the classical music and performing arts scene.
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The editors of Limelight share their selection of the most exciting classical music, opera and theatre events coming soon.
Australian soprano Lauren Fagan is commanding attention overseas. She tells us about the roles that will be key to her future, and why playing soccer has helped her opera career.
Technical mastery is the key to musical expression, says Opera Australia Concertmaster Matthieu Arama.
British writer Sam Holcroft's satire reminds us that censorship seldom shows up wearing jackboots.
“Refreshing in its experiment with genre and form”: Emilie Collyer's Super wins the VPLA Drama Prize.
Sam Raimi's cabin-the-woods horror gets a spoofy musical theatre renovation. You get laundry time.
A very wet but completely watertight staging of a new short play, made with exceptional care and skill.
From Boombastic to the boatyard: reggae royalty docks in Brisbane.
Big reads, in-depth analysis of Limelight's Artists of the Year vote, and everything you need to stay on top of the classical music and performing arts scene.
A visually startling spectacle performed by dancers wearing eye-popping exoskeletons and prostheses.
Big reads, in-depth analysis of Limelight's Artists of the Year vote, and everything you need to stay on top of the classical music and performing arts scene.
Log in to read the flipbook version of Limelight's March 2026 magazine.
The editors of Limelight share their selection of the most exciting classical music, opera and theatre events coming soon.
The latest arts appointments and departures.
First Australian and first company honoured at Venice’s Biennale Danza, marking landmark global recognition for First Nations dance.
Melbourne professor’s energetic chamber music is far from dusty academia.
Wide-ranging program showcases a soprano of rare sensitivity and power.
A stylish odyssey across two centuries of English song.
Antonioni emphasises brilliance in fast and furious accounts.
Five world premieres celebrate 75 years of Elgar’s greatest champions.
British Overtures Volume 3 is off to 11 good starts.
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