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Big spends on bricks and mortar; $29.3m toward Sound NSW’s Contemporary Music Strategy.
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Ben Graetz to take up the mantle for the festival's 2027 program.
A large fire that began on Monday afternoon has ripped through the theatre company's Marrickville premises.
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As the Australian World Orchestra celebrates its 15th anniversary, its founders reflect on how it all began.
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A clever Jane Austen reinterpretation with laughs and karaoke, this West End hit finally makes its Australian debut.
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A vitally important showcase of women composers fills a gap in music presentation.
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Hildur Guðnadóttir has become the go-to composer for film and TV. She has now composed a new work for the Australian Chamber Orchestra.
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Cellist Charlotte Miles talks about returning home to perform as a soloist with the Australian Youth Orchestra and at this year’s Australian Festival of Chamber Music.
Now based in Basel, the Australian composer chats about her blossoming career and her role as the Australian World Orchestra's librarian.
Monteverdi's opera of lust and ambition gets a Mob makeover courtesy of Victorian Opera.
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Cameron Lam collects memories of home, travelling, and correspondence in the latest Australian Art Music playlist.
Seized from its owner during the French Revolution, Mozart's notebook contains composition exercises and seven works for harp and flute.
Deft choices do justice to Brahms’ very “human” requiem. What more could one ask for?
Musica Viva Australia announces the 12 emerging ensembles set to compete in its National Finals in August.
Late Sutherland comes with qualifications but Rogé is a winner all the way.
Twelve emerging musicians compete to earn a spot in the grand finals, where they will perform a concerto with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
German cello star Maximilian Hornung’s Australian debut solo recital captures the spirit of Casals.
Already postponed once, Franco Zeffirelli’s famed arena production was to have played in Adelaide in early 2027.
Deft choices do justice to Brahms’ very “human” requiem. What more could one ask for?
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The editors of Limelight share their selection of the most exciting classical music, opera and theatre events coming soon.
Our mid-winter edition celebrates orchestral milestones and boundary-breaking composers while pondering creativity in the algorithmic age.
Monteverdi's opera of lust and ambition gets a Mob makeover courtesy of Victorian Opera.
A clever Jane Austen reinterpretation with laughs and karaoke, this West End hit finally makes its Australian debut.
Skilfull direction and performances light up an odd-couple comedy about chalk-and-cheese housemates.
FNQ-based First Nations writer and actor wins the biennial award supporting Australian playwrights aged between 18 and 40.
Suspended between cabaret intimacy and queer spectacle, House of Rot misses the opportunity to connect.
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Jason Donovan is to play the rebellious Randle P. McMurphy in an exclusive Melbourne season of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.
The acclaimed choreographer relinquishes the artistic directorship of the company that has taken her name across the world.
Over-hasty storytelling mars this ballet version of Shakespeare’s tragedy.
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Two contemporary dance productions remind us to position ourselves as part of, not separate to, nature.
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Musician Stephen Pigram, director and playwright John Harvey, and artist Bronwyn Bancroft are amongst this year's honourees.
Late Sutherland comes with qualifications but Rogé is a winner all the way.
Hope-filled Schubert Lieder offer unalloyed pleasure.
Judicious potpourri paints arresting portrait of extraordinary composer.
A richly rewarding program of Chinese orchestral music by a modern master.
Russia’s underrated quartet cycle gets off to a flying start.
Dallas plants its flag with this new live recording of the Ring.
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