What do our opera and dance companies have on offer in the year ahead?

What do our festivals have on offer in the year ahead?

Opera Australia begins the year with an English-language version of Massenet’s Cendrillon. We talk to its creatives this sumptuous, family-friendly staging.

Australia’s arts sector faces a watershed moment. It has the opportunity to become the leading space for discourse – but only if there are major changes in cultural leadership.

What is it like to rediscover a centuries-old work by Mozart? We talk to an academic who exhumed a forgotten 12-minute serenade and a musician who recorded it.

A round-up of our recent news reports.

Hallé’s new broom sweeps the cobwebs from Britten’s ballet.

A ripping yarn about musical women afloat in Vivaldi’s Venice.

Simon Rogers, Artistic Identity Director of the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, talks about upcoming concerts centring non-traditional music.

The award-winning British-Australian organist tells us about the music of French composer Charles-Valentin Alkan, which he is about to record in Luxembourg. 

A comprehensive guide to the performing arts in 2025; essential holiday listening; the must-see shows. Limelight is your ideal summer companion.

The Artistic Director of Perth Festival explains how the “wonderful, hot mess of music” in her life has influenced her programming.