From symphonic reinvention to new theatrical worlds, Limelight's September issue spotlights artists reshaping tradition while forging their own futures.
As Sydney music institutions shut their doors, the Minns Government supports 33 venues to upgrade stages, sound systems and screens.
A new Melbourne Conservatorium of Music production brings Handel’s opera to life with period practice, fluid casting and youthful energy.
Canberra Symphony Orchestra partners with the Ricky Stuart Foundation to bring live orchestral music to ACT specialist schools.
A year of Beethoven, Mahler and Strauss and the premiere of a new Ross Edwards symphony among the highlights of Simone Young's sixth season leading the SSO.
A recently launched Keep Music Live campaign calls on producers and publicly funded arts organisations to resist treating live music as an optional extra.
In May, Harry Connick Jr. premiered a symphony at Carnegie Hall with Orchestra Victoria. He tells us why it was his most significant performance.
Ensemble Offspring celebrates the 90th birthday of revered Minimalist composer Steve Reich with a special concert.
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Yeol Eum Son raises the roof with Tchaikovsky’s warhorse and two symphonists strut their stuff.
WASO and Konstantin Shamray bring fire, precision and fresh vitality to Russian masterpieces and Beethoven.
Piping hot: Simon Rickard teams up with Canberra's specialist baroque performance duo.
The MSO flips the script on the ways in which movie music and sound effects are experienced.
ARCO goes fully Boho in a celebration of some worthy but little known composers.
Be careful what you wish for! State Opera South Australia’s magical all-local production brings out the best in Stephen Sondheim’s cautionary tale.
Victorian Opera takes us inside its new adaptation of Helen Garner’s award-winning novel The Spare Room.
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As he prepares to tour Australia with a multi-sensory, all-Australian program, the harpist-composer chats about what's in store.
Cameron Lam looks ahead to the latest and upcoming Classical, Jazz, and Sound Art releases across Australian in this month’s playlist.
Ahead of his Sibelius cycle with the ASO, Mark Wigglesworth talks about the composer’s radical reinvention of the symphony.
Playing music by Beethoven, Marais and Elena Kats-Chernin, Australian Haydn Ensemble's Skye McIntosh is set to unpack the story of the Scott sisters, Australia's pioneering nature illustrators.
Camerata – Queensland's Chamber Orchestra expands its forces for Brisbane Festival's immersive fusion of film, music and environmental advocacy.
By the end of his epic Brisbane Festival concert, Bowman will have explored virtually every corner of Bach's musical imagination.
Yeol Eum Son raises the roof with Tchaikovsky’s warhorse and two symphonists strut their stuff.
WASO and Konstantin Shamray bring fire, precision and fresh vitality to Russian masterpieces and Beethoven.
Piping hot: Simon Rickard teams up with Canberra's specialist baroque performance duo.
The MSO flips the script on the ways in which movie music and sound effects are experienced.
ARCO goes fully Boho in a celebration of some worthy but little known composers.
From symphonic reinvention to new theatrical worlds, Limelight's September issue spotlights artists reshaping tradition while forging their own futures.
State Opera South Australia finds a compelling darkness and light in Humperdinck’s enchanted forest.
Victorian Opera takes us inside its new adaptation of Helen Garner’s award-winning novel The Spare Room.
This month’s performance highlights from ABC Classic, independent radio and streaming.
The latest arts appointments and departures.
The editors of Limelight share their selection of the most exciting classical music, opera and theatre events coming soon.
Superstars align in this thrill-a-minute tribute led by soprano Jessica Pratt and conductor Speranza Scappucci in her house debut.
Be careful what you wish for! State Opera South Australia’s magical all-local production brings out the best in Stephen Sondheim’s cautionary tale.
From symphonic reinvention to new theatrical worlds, Limelight's September issue spotlights artists reshaping tradition while forging their own futures.
Log in to read the flipbook version of Limelight's September 2026 magazine.
Helen Thomson chats to Elissa Blake as she prepares to star in the hit comedy The Unfriend for Sydney Theatre Company.
The editors of Limelight share their selection of the most exciting classical music, opera and theatre events coming soon.
An accomplished cast brings Patricia Cornelius’ play about dementia, dying and doomed explorers to life, but textual density obscures emotional depth.
From symphonic reinvention to new theatrical worlds, Limelight's September issue spotlights artists reshaping tradition while forging their own futures.
Log in to read the flipbook version of Limelight's September 2026 magazine.
Twenty-five years after founding her innovative contemporary dance company, Lucy Guerin is ready to embrace the next chapter in her career.
The Farm's Co-Artistic Director Gavin Webber introduces its new production, which addresses mortality and premieres at Brisbane Festival.
Powerful physical performances but one of Australia's most skilled storytelling voices feels reduced to a whisper.
Two heads better than one: Charmene Yap and Cass Mortimer Eipper head home to WA to take the reins of the company.
Hough digs deep to find a treasure chest of miniature gems.
Second time around proves even better care of period instruments.
Sensitive singing and pianism bring Mahler’s early songs to vivid life.
Whole worlds to discover in Chan’s gloriously eclectic musical sketchbook.
Finnish maestro and orchestra impress deeply on home turf.
A century of French and Australian flute music persuasively played.
Explore the guide and listen to our 25 in 25 playlist of Australia’s favourite art music.
Our specialist writers analyse this year’s offerings in theatres and concert halls.
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