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Melbourne Festival announces Azerbaijani dance-opera

A work by choreographer Mark Morris and Yo-Yo Ma's Silkroad Ensemble will have its Australian premiere in Melbourne.

June 13, 2018
Opera
Live Review

Review: Pia de’ Tolomei (Spoleto Festival, Charleston)

US premiere of a Donizetti opera proves a case of dramatic snakes and musical ladders.

June 10, 2018
Opera
Live Review

Review: Tree of Codes (Spoleto Festival, Charleston)

Aussie composer Liza Lim's intriguing 'cut-out' opera receives a handsome second staging in the USA.

June 9, 2018
Classical Music, Opera
Live Review

Review: Così Fan Tutte (Opera Holland Park, London)

Australian singers abound, including a dastardly Peter Coleman-Wright as Don Alfonso, in Opera Holland Park's Così.

June 7, 2018
Classical Music, Opera
features

Natalie Christie Peluso is one Merry Widow

Ahead of her turn as Lehár’s plucky heroine, the soprano tells us why the best operetta is like making a meringue.

June 7, 2018
Classical Music, Opera
features

Handel’s Athalia: Approaching the Sublime

After directing Theodora for Pinchgut in 2016, Lindy Hume is back to tackle another Handel oratorio, this time Athalia. She writes about why this rather arcane work is another Handelian masterpiece.

June 7, 2018
Classical Music, Opera
features

Did You Hear About the Tenor Who Died of Tristan?

Wagner pinned his hopes on one young singer, but then it all went tragically wrong.

June 6, 2018
Classical Music, Film, Opera, Theatre
features

Read the June 2018 issue of Limelight Magazine online

The June 2018 issue of Limelight Magazine features Queen of the Violin, Anne-Sophie Mutter on Tchaikovsky, Star Wars and stalking Daniil Trifonov.

June 4, 2018
Classical Music, Opera
news

Singers selected for Melbourne Opera’s Richard Divall Emerging Artists Program

The six singers will receive performance and cover opportunities, as well as attending workshops dedicated to role preparation as part of the program.

May 30, 2018
Classical Music, Opera
features

Tree of Codes: The opera that lives within the cracks

Liza Lim's 'cut-out' opera about life, death and the consequences of mad scientists has earned itself a second staging.

May 19, 2018
Classical Music, Opera
features

Thomas Hampson: Lieder of the Pack

As he prepares to make his Australian debut, the veteran American baritone talks Mahler, Bernstein, American art song, and why he finds pandas so adorable.

May 18, 2018
Opera
features

OA reports a $2.1 m loss for 2017

As OA releases its 2017 Annual Report today, Rory Jeffes discusses the operating deficit and into the future.

May 17, 2018
Classical Music, Opera
features

It’s 20 Questions time for Desiree Frahn

Currently singing Leïla with State Opera of SA, the soprano talks about her funniest moment on stage, her guilty pleasures and a back-up career in astrophysics.

May 16, 2018

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