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News, Opera
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Executive Director for Melbourne Opera announced

Suzanne Chaundy appointed to new role and charged with the oversight of Melbourne Opera's future development.

July 15, 2026
Opera
Live Review

Review: The Merry Widow (Opera Australia)

In director Graeme Murphy and conductor Vanessa Scammell’s hands, Lehár’s operetta reveals a very human heartbeat beneath all the froth.

July 9, 2026
Classical Music, News, Opera, Theatre
news

Introducing the August 2026 issue of Limelight

The August edition of Limelight is one in which high notes, high aspirations and high marks combine.

July 8, 2026
Opera
Live Review

Review: The Coronation of Poppea (Victorian Opera)

Monteverdi’s opera of ancient Rome gets an exciting makeover courtesy of the 1983 film Scarface and Elena Kats-Chernin’s new orchestration.

July 1, 2026
Opera
Live Review

Review: Rusalka (Opera Queensland)

Time flies in this charming, absorbing, dreamlike spectacular.

June 29, 2026
News, Opera
news

Epic Aida cancelled – this time for good

Already postponed once, Franco Zeffirelli’s famed arena production was to have played in Adelaide in early 2027.

June 24, 2026
Classical Music, Opera, Vocal & Choral
Live Review

Review: Brahms: A German Requiem (Opera Australia)

Deft choices do justice to Brahms’ very “human” requiem. What more could one ask for?

June 24, 2026
Classical Music, Opera
features

My Music with Tahu Matheson

Opera Australia’s Head of Music explains how he moved from playing classical piano to conducting opera, and why The Drover’s Wife is so powerful.

June 22, 2026
Classical Music, Musical Theatre & Cabaret, Opera, Theatre
features

On Stage: the events you need to see in July 2026

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

June 22, 2026
Chamber, Classical Music, Festivals, Opera, Orchestral, Theatre
news

The July 2026 issue of Limelight is now available

Our mid-winter edition celebrates orchestral milestones and boundary-breaking composers while pondering creativity in the algorithmic age.

June 22, 2026
Opera
features

“Full of sex and desire”, Poppea meets Scarface at VO

Monteverdi's opera of lust and ambition gets a Mob makeover courtesy of Victorian Opera.

June 15, 2026
Classical Music, Opera
CD and Other Review

Review: Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen (Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Fabio Luisi)

Dallas plants its flag with this new live recording of the Ring.

June 15, 2026
Classical Music, Opera
CD and Other Review

Review: De Hartmann: Esther (Corinne Winters, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Kirill Karabits)

The de Hartmann renaissance continues apace with a fine 20th-century opera.

June 12, 2026

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