Cameron Lam’s Australian Art Music playlist focuses on Classical, Jazz, and Sound Art made outside of our capital cities this month.
A classic Sydney terrace gifted to Griffin as a one-off donation will be transformed into a dedicated writers’ centre.
Joe Chindamo’s new concerto for the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra puts the pedal to the metal with drifter (and clarinettist) Dean Newcomb.
Sydney-born James Birch among the eight players competing in the prestigious Irving M. Klein International String Competition.
Playing the tragic heroine of Verdi's La traviata is one of opera’s most difficult balancing acts but Stacey Alleaume relishes the challenge.
From Barrie Kosky finding the new in Wagner to Sheridan Harbridge on women who refuse to conform, May's issue of Limelight is a celebration of talent, resilience and audacity.
The award-winning string quartet, formed in Berlin in 2019, gives us the lowdown on its name and debut Australian tour.
As he returns to Opera Australia’s Sydney Harbour production of The Phantom of the Opera, Guy Simpson tells us how he fell into theatre.
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This Pulitzer Prize-winning play considers linguistic imperialism in an excellent and powerfully timely production.
Heartfelt moving and nostalgic, and pulsing with dance and music, Sting's The Last Ship is classy entertainment.
90 minutes spent at the summit of Australian songwriting with one of the country's finest voices – and an equally brilliant surprise guest.
The musical theatre adaptation of a 1980s cult cinema classic returns for another murderous round of high-school misfits versus mean girls and jocks.
Conductor Riccardo Minasi applies a musicological blowtorch to three favourite works of the Classical period.
More family favourites from Paul Dyer and the Brandies – this time with splendid voices.
Your essential coast-to-coast guide to the Australian music being played on our concert stages this month.
“I’m very passionate about music being alive,” says Artistic Director Kate Suthers of her first Coriole Music Festival. “There’s a responsibility to invite people to discover."
The British mezzo on art song gold and the danger of first impressions.
From Mahler’s audacious First Symphony to site-specific bells and Sting's working-class roots, April’s issue explores music, place and identity.
In his second program as Artistic Director of the Canberra International Music Festival, Eugene Ughetti presents a lineup rich in site-specific bell works.
Limelight partners with Australian Festival of Chamber Music for an immersive Cairns experience led by Rachel Whealy.
Andrew Aronowicz explains how he drew on a scary German legend for his new tone poem for Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
In her new book Opera Wars, Caitlin Vincent takes a lively, illuminating, insightful and, at times, irreverent look at the world of opera.
Sydney-born James Birch among the eight players competing in the prestigious Irving M. Klein International String Competition.
A generational talent puts it all on the record.
Joe Chindamo’s new concerto for the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra puts the pedal to the metal with drifter (and clarinettist) Dean Newcomb.
A King's Birthday weekend of canonical works, new Australian voices, virtuoso recitals and jazz blown hot and cool.
Cameron Lam’s Australian Art Music playlist focuses on Classical, Jazz, and Sound Art made outside of our capital cities this month.
Percussion supremo Claire Edwardes reaches a watershed moment.
Playing the tragic heroine of Verdi's La traviata is one of opera’s most difficult balancing acts but Stacey Alleaume relishes the challenge.
Cameron Lam’s Australian Art Music playlist focuses on Classical, Jazz, and Sound Art made outside of our capital cities this month.
Best known for an action movie career that took him to Hollywood stardom, Chan will fuse martial arts directly into the fabric of Puccini's Turandot.
Composers Alice Chance and Alex Turley are among the recipients of financial support to create new operatic work.
Luxury casting guarantees a thrill-a-minute concert as Verdi’s masterpiece lands west of the Divide.
Accompanied by Glenn Amer, Lee Abrahmsen and Warwick Fyfe save the day with a masterclass that would do Wagner proud.
A classic Sydney terrace gifted to Griffin as a one-off donation will be transformed into a dedicated writers’ centre.
Actors Rosamund Pike and Jack Holden, Australian opera star Danielle de Neise and a beloved bear from Peru among those honoured in British theatre's top awards.
This Pulitzer Prize-winning play considers linguistic imperialism in an excellent and powerfully timely production.
Heartfelt moving and nostalgic, and pulsing with dance and music, Sting's The Last Ship is classy entertainment.
90 minutes spent at the summit of Australian songwriting with one of the country's finest voices – and an equally brilliant surprise guest.
The musical theatre adaptation of a 1980s cult cinema classic returns for another murderous round of high-school misfits versus mean girls and jocks.
Callum Linnane leaves The Australian Ballet for Principal Artist role with Hamburg Ballet.
A compelling triple bill explores mortality through ritual, sculpture and ecstatic movement.
Raewyn Hill, Artistic Director of Perth's Co3 Contemporary Dance, steps away from the company she founded.
Verdi’s emotional journey elaborated with stunning displays of dramatic spectacle, mass choreography and fine voices.
"Forever grateful and so proud": Rafael Bonachela to leave SDC mid-2028.
MEAA says "musicians must not be seen as optional extras"; WA Ballet says union claims are "simply wrong".
A generational talent puts it all on the record.
Percussion supremo Claire Edwardes reaches a watershed moment.
Hughes sighs, weeps, faints and dies, from Dowland to beyond.
Awesome virtuosity adds to the intrigue of Alkan’s quirky music.
Mysterious 18th-century Troll gets his just reward.
Unreleased recordings, mostly in concert, from a reticent piano genius.
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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