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Classical Music, Opera
features

Panning for Gold with Girls of the Golden West

Limelight caught up with John Adams and Peter Sellars to find out what an opera set in the Californian Gold Rush has to say about Donald Trump’s America.

January 15, 2018
Classical Music, Opera
features

Great Scott! Joyce DiDonato is seeing the funny side of herself

Jake Heggie’s close to the bone new opera ticks all the right bel canto boxes.

January 12, 2018
Opera, Visual Art
features

Gerhard Richter: inside the musical life of images

Opera Queensland draws out the music in Gerhard Richter’s work at Brisbane’s QAGOMA.

January 11, 2018
Classical Music, Opera
features

Emily Magee on getting inside Salome’s head

The American soprano sings one of Strauss’ most complex roles in Limelight’s Recording of the Month for January/February.

January 4, 2018
Classical Music, Opera
CD and Other Review

Review: Strauss: Salome (Frankfurt Radio Symphony, Andrés Orozco-Estrada)

Baptism of fire: Emily Magee’s toxic princess thrills and repels.

January 4, 2018
Classical Music, Opera
features

The 10 Greatest Operas to feature Christmas

From blossoming romances to an unlikely friendship between an elf and a fir tree, operatic composers have taken a shine to Christmas over the years.

December 22, 2017
Classical Music, Opera
news

Sydney Symphony Orchestra responds to Dutoit allegations

The Orchestra has released a strongly worded statement following allegations the conductor sexually assaulted four women in the USA between 1985 and 2010.

December 22, 2017
Classical Music, Dance, Opera, Theatre
features

The top ten most-read live reviews on Limelight in 2017

From nude dancers to opera superstars, here are the top ten live reviews that had our readers hooked in 2017.

December 22, 2017
Classical Music, Opera
news

Opera Queensland shines spotlight on communities

The company has announced auditions for Project G&S, which will see community choruses join Lindy Hume’s production of Ruddigore.

December 21, 2017
Classical Music, Opera
news

Opera Australia announces 2018 Regional Student Scholarship winners

Four young singers from Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory will travel to Sydney in January for a week of professional training with Opera Australia.

December 21, 2017
Classical Music, Opera
news

Behind the scenes of the upgraded Joan Sutherland Theatre

With safer, quieter equipment and a revamped orchestra pit, the Sydney Opera House’s opera theatre is due to open on New Year’s Eve after seven months of work.

December 20, 2017
Opera
features

Alexander Lewis: Opera Australia’s triple threat

Romancing Danielle de Niese or tapping out Kosky’s Shostakovich, meet the tenor who ‘nose’ no bounds.

December 19, 2017
Opera, Theatre
news

MEAA releases report on sexual harassment and bullying

The union will work to effect change after its research found alarming levels of bullying in Australian opera and sexual harassment in theatre.

December 18, 2017

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