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Shipping snarl halts Adelaide’s blockbuster Aida

Freight issues upend plans for next year's staging of the colossal Fondazione Arena di Verona production of Aida; new dates to be announced for 2027.

November 14, 2025
Classical Music, Opera
Live Review

Review: Simone Young conducts Siegfried (Sydney Symphony Orchestra)

Two of the world’s best Nibelungs and a stunning Brünnhilde debut raise the bar as Young’s already outstanding Ring Cycle continues.

November 14, 2025
News, Opera
news

2025 International Opera Awards announced

Mezzo-soprano Agnes Baltsa receives Lifetime Achievement Award; American artists and organisations enjoy strong showing.

November 14, 2025
Classical Music, Opera
news

“Wonder lives in the telling”: Opera Queensland announces 2026 season

OQ's 2026 season features a hotly-anticipated Queensland premiere, the return of a 2025 success and a sparkling new production of a Broadway classic.

November 13, 2025
Classical Music, Dance, News, Opera, Theatre
news

Introducing the December 2025 issue of Limelight

Limelight closes out the year in grand style, with stories of creativity and resilience lighting up our December issue.

November 11, 2025
News, Opera
news

Pinchgut Opera opens digital archive with free global access

New Goldberg Variations film with Erin Helyard launches an expanded and free-to-access Pinchgut at Home platform.

November 10, 2025
Opera
Live Review

Review: Boojum! (Victorian Opera)

Playful to a dizzying degree, this rarely performed Australian work merges the life of Lewis Carroll and his nonsense poem The Hunting of the Snark.

November 8, 2025
Opera
features

Juan Diego Flórez: Come and hear the real thing

The globetrotting Peruvian tenor says he loves the recital stage above all else: "You take more risks, you can communicate in a direct way."

November 7, 2025
Opera
Live Review

Review: Cendrillon (University of Melbourne)

Singers and designers learning their craft show they’re already worthy of professional stages with this delightful little operatic confection.

November 6, 2025
Classical Music, Opera
CD and Other Review

Review: Weinberg: The Idiot (Wiener Philharmoniker, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla)

Weinberg’s final opera sees the light of day.

November 6, 2025
News, Opera
news

Golden Year: State Opera South Australia launches 50th birthday season

A season to celebrate the company's heritage also "dares to imagine the future" of opera in Australia, says SOSA's Artistic Director Dane Lam.

November 1, 2025
Classical Music, Opera
news

Last chance to nominate for Limelight’s 2025 Artists of the Year

Nominations for Limelight’s 2025 Artists of the Year have been extended to Monday 3 November, 8:59am AEDT. Have your say before entries close.

October 31, 2025
News, Opera
news

2025 Dame Heather Begg Memorial Award announced

“An incredible gift at a very important time,” says New Zealand soprano Madison Nonoa.

October 30, 2025

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