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Opera
Live Review

Review: Carmen (Opera Australia)

Danielle de Niese is incandescent in her role debut in a new OA Carmen that's great on character, great on relationships.

July 11, 2025
Opera
CD and Other Review

Review: Reissues: Jonas Kaufmann, the Decca Recordings

Decca boxes up Kaufmann's golden years, operas and all.

July 10, 2025
Opera, Theatre
news

Australian Production Design Guild Awards shortlist announced

“This year’s nominees reflect the extraordinary depth and diversity of talent working in production design across the country,” says APDG President Michael Scott-Mitchell.

July 9, 2025
Classical Music, Dance, Musical Theatre & Cabaret, Opera, Theatre
news

Introducing the August 2025 issue of Limelight – our 250th!

Celebrating 250 issues of Limelight, your go-to magazine for big ideas, bold music and the best live performance nationwide.

July 8, 2025
Classical Music, Opera
CD and Other Review

Review: Mayr: Amor non ha ritegno (Yeree Suh, Markus Schäfer, Daniel Ochoa, Niklas Mallmann, Concerto de Bassus, Franz Hauk)

Another rediscovered gem from the man who taught Donizetti.

June 30, 2025
Classical Music, Dance, Opera, Theatre
features

Read the July 2025 issue of Limelight

Log in to read the flipbook version of Limelight's July 2025 magazine.

June 23, 2025
Classical Music, Dance, Opera
features

Staying Power

On the 150th anniversary of Carmen, we talk to director Anne-Louise Sarks about her new production for Opera Australia.

June 23, 2025
Chamber, Classical Music, Opera, Orchestral, Vocal & Choral
features

On the Record: July 2025

This month features a double helping of Ravel, contemporary music by two leading Brits, the latest from the Takács Quartet and Benjamin Grosvenor, plus a Ponchielli rarity.

June 23, 2025
Classical Music, Film, Opera
features

Breaking into Opera

US-based Australian soprano and director Miriam Gordon-Stewart tells Jo Litson about her new documentary YAPs, which follows five aspiring young opera singers.

June 23, 2025
Classical Music, Dance, Opera, Theatre
news

The July 2025 issue of Limelight is now available

Composer Erik Satie, jazz singer Lisa Simone, clarinettist Michael Collins, a deep dive into a brand-new Carmen, and a Broadway hit about a 16-year-old going on 70. Limelight's July issue is essential reading.

June 23, 2025
Opera
Live Review

Review: Aphrodite (Sydney Chamber Opera)

Directed by Alexander Berlage, Nico Muhly and Laura Lethlean’s brand-new opera is a mini masterpiece that looks as captivating as it sounds.

June 21, 2025
Classical Music, Opera
CD and Other Review

Review: Ponchielli: I Lituani (Kaunas State Choir, Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Modestas Pitrėnas) 

Ponchielli’s pre-Gioconda hit given a fair suck of the sauce bottle. 

June 20, 2025
Classical Music, Opera
news

Double victory for conductor Leonard Weiss

The MSO Cybec Assistant Conductor wins the Khachaturian International Competition and Berlin Music Opera Award.

June 17, 2025

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