Ahead of Opera Australia’s Puccini Gala, conductor Daniel Smith and soprano Julie Lea Goodwin put the composer’s genius under the microscope.

Opera in the UK needs to be more relevant and diverse, but ultimately investment and education are what's needed to secure its future.

Trent Dalton. Coco Chanel. Anton Bruckner. Casey Donovan. What's the connection? They're all featured in an all-star August issue of Limelight. Don't miss it!

Emerging artists interpret numerous oddballs of history in this handsomely staged production of a forgotten mid-century gem.

A near-perfect night at the opera does Puccini proud, with Suor Angelica proven to be the indispensable heart of the work.

After a week-long winter intensive program at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Deborah Cheetham Fraillon announces a new First Nations opera will premiere in 2025.

Connor D'Netto, Peter Knight, Andrée Greenwell and Freya Schack-Arnott are among those supported through the inaugural matched funding initiative.

As Opera Australia’s Puccini centenary celebrations continue, Limelight talks to the creative team behind its new production of Il trittico.

Edward Dick’s take on Puccini’s shabby little shocker holds a scathing mirror up to society, with a bravura performance from Giselle Allen in the title role.

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This month, West Australian Opera unveils a brand-new, all-Australian production of Rusalka. We talk to the creatives staging it.

The editors of Limelight share their selection of the most exciting classical music, opera and theatre events coming soon.