In this month's features we explore three new productions of Swan Lake, pay tribute to Ralph Vaughan Williams on his 150th, investigate a new opera about Olive Pink and publish an extract from Andrew Mellor's new book The Northern Silence about Nordic music and culture.
Diego Torre leads a fine cast in Herheim’s kaleidoscopic exploration of bereavement.
Viennese staging of torrid Tyrolean tale breathes new life into forgotten gem.
As the Jobs and Skills Summit gets underway today, Adrian Collette, CEO of the Australia Council, discusses how the arts contribute to economic growth and recovery.
The five finalists, chosen from 10 semifinalists, will compete for the $30,000 Marianne Mathy Scholarship and other prizes on 1 October.
Elena Kats-Chernin's first opera casts a welcome light on Ovid's mythic representation of same-sex attraction, but this revival would have been better served by a less-is-more approach.
Sarah Giles' production is very successful in bringing a fresh perspective to such a well-known work.
Lyndon Terracini's final season includes The Tales of Hoffmann with Jessica Pratt, Adriana Lecouvreur with Ermonela Jaho, and concert versions of La Gioconda with Jonas Kaufmann in Sydney and Philip Glass's Satyagraha in Melbourne.
Helena Dix dazzles in this bel canto rarity, given a clever House of Gucci makeover.
Packing a picnic hamper and joining opera lovers in black-tie on the train to see Alcina is an integral part of this year's Glyndebourne experience.
Addressing the ongoing gender imbalance in opera, Lyric Opera breathes new life into Elena Kats-Chernin's first opera Iphis, as part of a new partnership with Theatre Works.
The judges listened, the votes are in, and the verdict is…
The editors of Limelight share their selection of the most exciting classical music, opera and theatre events coming soon.
