Auber’s zesty elixir offers a tonic that's as lip-smacking as Donizetti’s.

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Long-standing aficionado Stuart Maunder chats about Gilbert & Sullivan, their ongoing relevance and State Opera South Australia’s G&S Fest.

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.

This month’s performance highlights from ABC Classic, independent radio and streaming.

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

A round-up of our recent news reports.

The director of Melbourne Opera’s Ring Cycle recalls the classical input of her grandparents, and being astonished when she first heard an opera singer’s voice in rehearsals.

A new and city-specific adaptation of Dmitri Shostakovich’s satirical operetta skewers the Australian housing crisis.

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.

From Isolde to Cleopatra, Decca unearths treasures the artist thought should languish in the vaults. 

OA and VO to present an epic staging of Mozart’s Idomeneo for three performances at the Palais Theatre in St Kilda.