Voted by our readers and nationwide team of critics, Limelight’s Artists of the Year are announced.

In a world still grappling with science and scepticism, Richard Mills has written a opera about the man who got the ball rolling – Galileo.

The Melbourne-born singer talks about preparing for her second Ring Cycle with Opera Australia, and the friends she’s made along the way.

Bartók is the starter this month with Mahler, Rachmaninov, Bruckner and Respighi the substantial main course. Offenbach provides the perfect soufflé to finish.

Ysolt Clark plays the instrument Wagner invented, one with "a weird, unearthly sound".

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

The stars align, literally and figuratively, as Simone Young’s four-year Ring Cycle lifts off to a rapturous ovation.

Ahead of Opera Australia's upcoming Brisbane Ring Cycle, Warwick Fyfe looks back at his one-eyed love of Wagner.

State Opera South Australia's Figaro pulsates with life and joie de vivre but lacks a genuinely subversive edge.

Late Massenet shines in a recording that makes a strong case for a staging.

OA misses out for its Hoffman but Barrie Kosky awarded Best Director at the ceremony hosted in Warsaw.

In 2024 West Australian Opera presents a year reflecting on love, loss, and longing with ancient stories, myths, and legends.