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Supported by City of Sydney

Sydney Opera House announces $1.2m new work commissioning program

Funded by the venue's donors, partners and contractors, New Work Now will commission a broad range of work from companies including Sydney Chamber Opera and the Indigenous World Art Orchestra.

September 29, 2020
Classical Music, Opera
features

Birthday gala for Richard Bonynge

As the Australian maestro turns 90, the Tait Memorial Trust in London presents a special concert which will be live streamed on his birthday on 29 September.

September 28, 2020
Classical Music, Opera
CD and Other Review

Review: Stefano Landi: La Morte d’Orfeo (Dutch National Opera)

Audi’s swansong makes compelling case for Orfeo II, Revenge of the Maenads.

September 26, 2020
Classical Music, Opera, Theatre
news

Queensland’s flagship companies return to QPAC

Opera Queensland, Queensland Ballet, Queensland Symphony Orchestra Queensland Theatre and Circa will all perform live in the coming months in a program called Queensland’s Own.

September 23, 2020
Opera
features

Did you hear about Sir Thomas Beecham’s operatic double-take?

How a chorusmaster's cock-up caused an unsolicited encore in the middle of Elektra.

September 23, 2020
Classical Music, Opera, Theatre, Vocal & Choral
features

On Stage in October: Classical Music, Opera & Theatre

Find out what's on stage – and streaming online – in October from Limelight editors Jo Litson, Angus McPherson and Clive Paget.

September 21, 2020
Classical Music, Opera
features

A Tale of Two Cosìs: why two wildly different productions hit the spot

Why the two wildly different productions are both such hits, and asks how the misogynistic opera is received today.

September 21, 2020
Classical Music, Opera
CD and Other Review

Review: José de Nebra: Vendado Es Amor, No Es Ciego

Plenty of Spanish sizzle in this sometimes zany zarzuela.

September 20, 2020
Classical Music, Opera
CD and Other Review

Review: Korngold: Violanta (Teatro Regio Torino)

Korngold’s youthful minor masterpiece gets a welcome second outing on disc.

September 19, 2020
Classical Music, Opera
CD and Other Review

Review: Ethel Smyth: Fête Galante (Retrospect Opera)

Another welcome addition to Ethel Smyth's output shows off her lighter side on the excellent boutique Retrospect Opera label.

September 18, 2020
Opera
features

A Feast in the Time of Plague: an opera for our times

This weekend the world gets its first look at an opera commissioned during the COVID-19 lockdown. Jansson J. Antmann talks to the librettist and director David Pountney.

September 11, 2020
Classical Music, Opera
CD and Other Review

Review: Zemlinsky: Der Zwerg (Deutsche Oper Berlin)

Kratzler and Runnicles brilliantly reflect Zemlinsky’s tale of Alma and Alex.

September 9, 2020
Opera
features

Samuel Sakker’s COVID journey from hospital ward to socially distanced Bohème

Locked-down in London, the Aussie tenor stepped up for the NHS before heading to Scotland for a major role debut.

September 9, 2020

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