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Opera
Live Review

Review: Siegfried (The Royal Opera, Covent Garden)

There’s a new lightness and feeling of joy in the third opera in Barrie Kosky’s mesmerising Ring Cycle. Catch it at cinemas here.

March 20, 2026
Classical Music, Opera
CD and Other Review

Review: Vivaldi: Farnace (Pinchgut Opera, Erin Helyard)

A novel approach to completing Vivaldi's unfinished opera pays dividends.

March 20, 2026
Opera
Live Review

Review: The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (IOpera)

Michael Nyman’s chamber opera about a man with a curious neurological condition makes a rare appearance for its 40th anniversary.

March 19, 2026
Dance, News, Opera, Theatre
news

Green Room Awards: The winners

Beetlejuice, Victorian Opera's Katya Kabanova and MTC's Rebecca among the award magnets in this year's celebration of Melbourne’s live performance sector.

March 19, 2026
Opera
Live Review

Review: Eugene Onegin (Opera Australia)

A fine cast led by Lauren Fagan as Tatyana brings Kasper Holten’s cerebral production to life, but it is Nicholas Jones as Lensky who steals the show and our hearts.

March 18, 2026
Opera
Live Review

Review: La traviata (West Australian Opera)

A fine production engages the mind; the richness and depth of Verdi’s melodic invention stuns the senses.

March 17, 2026
Classical Music, Opera, Theatre
news

Introducing the April 2026 issue of Limelight

From Mahler’s audacious First Symphony to site-specific bells and Sting's working class roots, April’s issue explores music, place and identity.

March 10, 2026
Opera
features

Elsa Dreisig on programs, versatility and the perils of your native tongue

The soprano shares her hopes and dreams and why recording is the hardest thing you'll ever do.

March 10, 2026
News, Opera
news

Opera Australia appoints Amy Lane as Director of Opera

The British director "brings deep knowledge of the art form, strategic insight and proven collaborative leadership" says OA.

March 9, 2026
Opera
Live Review

Review: Orfeo (Ensemble Pygmalion & Adelaide Festival)

A profound musical and dramatic experience, bringing the tragedy of Orpheus and Eurydice to electrifying life.

March 5, 2026
Opera
Live Review

Review: Perle Noire: Meditations for Joséphine (Adelaide Festival)

Cabaret in format but operatic in scope, Julia Bullock’s gloriously terrifying “reincarnation” of Joséphine Baker will shake you to your core.

March 2, 2026
News, Opera
news

Castellucci’s Bluebeard set for Adelaide in 2027

Presented alongside Verdi’s AIDA, Romeo Castellucci's staging of Bartók’s Bluebeard’s Castle will be a keystone of the 2027 Adelaide Festival.

February 27, 2026
Festivals, Opera
Live Review

Review: The Trial (Lost & Found Opera & Perth Festival)

An efficient, glass-walled descent into Kafka’s world of systems, stagnation and spiritual suffocation.

February 23, 2026

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