A BRAVO Cruise of Performing Arts is one invite opera singers David Hobson and Teddy Tahu Rhodes never turn down.

Lucy Clements has been a prime mover of new Australian work. How does she approach a Purcell masterpiece over 300 years old?

Cost-of-living pressures are biting, but the real challenge going forward lies in the loss of audience predictability, says OA's CEO Fiona Allan.

Wagner’s origins explored by your friendly neighbourhood baritenor.

The little company that could feeds Melbourne’s hungry opera lovers with an engaging new production of Donizetti’s bel canto classic.

Patti LuPone, Roderick Williams, Christos Tsiolkas, Benjamin Millepied ... stars from various firmaments are out in force in Limelight's June issue.

Christophe Rousset explains how a 21-year-old Parisian girl rose and fell.

"He’s hardly the greatest guy around," says Tahu Rhodes, but any chance to play Scarpia in Puccini's Tosca is to be relished.

The Frenchiest of operettas springs to life with oodles of Ooh la la!

French violinist Matthieu Arama steps into the role left vacant after the departure of Jun Yi Ma in 2022.

A perfect night at the opera opens OQ's inaugural Brisbane Bel Canto festival, giving soprano Jessica Pratt a production of Lucia to call her own.

The centenary of Puccini's death gives creatives the chance to reflect on what makes his operas so special and explore new ways to stage them.