This month features a major rediscovery, Simon Rattle’s take on a concert staple, a probing Well-Tempered Clavier and, remarkably for the first time, the complete My Fair Lady.

From the conductor’s podium to opera’s power plays, November’s Limelight captures the people shaping Australia’s musical, operatic and theatrical future.

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

American composer Missy Mazzoli’s opera is an abstract, elusive look at a 19th-century Swiss woman’s short but extraordinary life.

WAO promises "opera that speaks to the heart" in a 2026 season of three mainstage classics and a secret 'pop-up' experience.

Alexander Briger conducts this exciting cine-opera take on a Janáček tragedy rarely performed on these shores.

Refined, energetic performances of Mozart's early performances.

The casting of Anna Netrebko was always going to be controversial. So, was it all worth it in the end?

Czech new wave cinema, a love triangle and a real-life besotted composer – director Heather Fairbairn talks Victorian Opera's Katya Kabanova.

Rameau’s heavenly twins are restored to their former glories.

From the conductor’s podium to opera’s power plays, November’s Limelight captures the people shaping Australia’s musical, operatic and theatrical future.

How did two remarkable women become the Civil War's greatest spies?