With its Noongar theme of Djinda (stars), this year's program will look to the cosmos. Artists include the Kronos Quartet with Maatakitj, Björk and a sneak-peek at Richard Mills' new opera about Galileo.

"I would love to do a concert where I just sing female songs", says Ben Mingay, as he discusses Sondheim and finding the vulnerability in a character, ahead of starring in a musical theatre concert in Adelaide.

An American in Paris as Oropesa shines in French bel canto.

The modest, restrained budget has few initiatives for the arts and entertainment industry, though this was foreshadowed, with future arts funding to be laid out in the forthcoming Cultural Policy.

"Employ more women," says Opera Australia CEO Fiona Allan, one of six women, including Simone Young and Deborah Cheetham, interviewed in a new documentary by Miriam Gordon-Stewart.

We explore the history of Fidelio, and talk to Simone Young and First Nations writer Tyson Yunkaporta about the Sydney Symphony Orchestra’s new concert version.

We look at the work of Christian Spuck, Peter Sellars, Barrie Kosky and Romeo Castellucci to determine whether the oratorio has regained its long-lost theatrical mantle.

This month’s performance highlights from ABC Classic, independent radio and streaming.

The culinary icon explains how she was brought up on music and can’t imagine a day without it.

The director of Opera Australia’s Carmen on Cockatoo Island discusses staging an opera on the industrial site.

The latest arts appointments and departures.

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