Matthias Goerne on Songs by Wagner, Strauss and Pfitzner
The great German baritone talks about Limelight’s 2021 Vocal Recording of the Year.
December 2, 2021
Víkingur Ólafsson on Mozart and his Contemporaries
The Icelandic pianist talks about Limelight’s 2021 Instrumental Recording of the Year.
December 1, 2021
Steven Osborne and Paul Lewis on French Duets
The two British pianists talk about Limelight’s 2021 Chamber Recording of the Year.
November 30, 2021
Zubin Mehta to lead the Australian World Orchestra in 2022
The great conductor will visit Melbourne and Sydney for an all-Strauss Fest with the Australian World Orchestra.
November 30, 2021
Review: The Valkyrie (English National Opera)
A hollow-hearted new co-production with the Met gets off to a standing start.
November 22, 2021
Review: Fire Shut Up in My Bones (Metropolitan Opera, New York)
Terence Blanchard’s important new work is gut-wrenching, but it’s also uplifting.
November 11, 2021
Review: HMS Pinafore (English National Opera)
An Aussie Josephine is just one of the rippers as G&S meets Morecambe and Wise.
November 2, 2021
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra announces its 2022 Season
Six concerts and an intriguing line-up of soloists see the orchestra venturing well beyond the Baroque.
October 26, 2021
Bernard Haitink has died
The great Dutch conductor and prolific recording artist has passed at 92.
October 23, 2021
Edita Gruberová has died
An accidental head injury fells the great Slovak coloratura, whose career spanned more than 50 years.
October 20, 2021
Reissues: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Complete Recordings on DG
A collector's box to beat them all, and not a conductor in sight.
October 11, 2021
Review: Víkingur Ólafsson in Recital
With Ólafsson and Mozart, pianists and their programs are rarely as engrossing.
October 5, 2021
Sydney Symphony Orchestra announces its 2022 season
Simone Young's first official program includes Fidelio in concert and Mahler Two, which celebrates a return to the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall in July.
October 5, 2021