Review: Roberto Devereux (Opera Australia)
Less is more in this final instalment of Donizetti’s Tudor trilogy, with vocal fireworks honouring the memory of the divas responsible for the bel canto revival.
March 17, 2023
Review: The Unreleased Masters (Jessye Norman, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic, Boston Symphony Orchestra)
From Isolde to Cleopatra, Decca unearths treasures the artist thought should languish in the vaults.
March 17, 2023
Opera Australia and Victorian Opera announce first-time collaboration
OA and VO to present an epic staging of Mozart’s Idomeneo for three performances at the Palais Theatre in St Kilda.
March 14, 2023
Conductor and pianist (Robert) Andrew Greene has died
“We have lost one of our finest musical lights". The popular conductor and pianist (Robert) Andrew Greene died on Sunday, aged 66.
March 13, 2023
Review: Macbeth (Opera Queensland)
Starring José Carbó and Anna-Louise Cole, Opera Queensland's static, stand-and-deliver staging of Verdi’s Macbeth yielded mixed results.
March 10, 2023
Introducing the April 2023 issue of Limelight
Features include the story behind the Dunera Mass, Stuart Maunder's love of Gilbert and Sullivan, Joanna Murray-Smith's new play Julia, and pianist Zubin Kanga's explorations with state-of-the-art technology.
March 10, 2023
Review: Messa da Requiem (Ballett Zürich, Adelaide Festival)
A medical emergency and vocal problems couldn’t mar Christian Spuck’s monumental staging of Verdi’s masterpiece.
March 9, 2023
Pretty Yende: Voice of the Coronation
Handpicked to sing at the Coronation of King Charles III, Pretty Yende is a South African opera star with a voice that shatters glass ceilings.
February 28, 2023
Review: Stravinsky/Tchaikovsky: Mavra/Iolanta (Bayerisches Staatsorchester)
Mavra and Iolanta, cunningly interwoven? Ranisch almost pulls it off.
February 28, 2023
Review: Carmen (West Australian Opera)
The company’s outdoor offering for 2023 is its boldest move yet, a well-judged production of Bizet’s Carmen at the WACA stadium.
February 26, 2023
Andrew McKinnon has died
Limelight has learned of the death of former lawyer, ABC journalist and impresario Andrew McKinnon, aged 70.
February 22, 2023
Review: Siobhan Stagg & Timothy Young (Melbourne Recital Centre)
The internationally renowned soprano Siobhan Stagg returns home in triumph with a program of evocative art songs.
February 22, 2023
Review: Adriana Lecouvreur (Opera Australia)
Director Rosetta Cucchi’s striking conception and a surprise role debut made Francesco Cilea’s Adriana Lecouvreur an unmissable theatrical event.
February 21, 2023