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Opera
Live Review

Review: HMS Pinafore (English National Opera)

An Aussie Josephine is just one of the rippers as G&S meets Morecambe and Wise.

November 2, 2021
Books, Classical Music, Dance, Jazz, Musical Theatre & Cabaret, Opera, Orchestral, Stage, Theatre
news

Federal Parliamentary Report suggests roadmap for the Arts as COVID devastation becomes clearer

Standing Committee on Communications and the Arts proposes post-COVID roadmap while reports reveal enormous impact of the pandemic.

November 1, 2021
Classical Music, Opera
news

Fleuranne Brockway receives Dame Heather Begg Memorial Award

The coveted $25,000 grant has been awarded to the Australian mezzo-soprano through Melba Opera Trust by Dame Heather Begg’s estate.

October 29, 2021
Opera
features

Lawrence Brownlee on Bellini, Lithuania and finding his voice

Our Recording of the Month for November is Bellini's I Puritani, with American tenor Lawrence Brownlee. He talks to Clive Paget about Kaunas, Lithuania's unlikely opera centre, and the challenges of casting this epic work.

October 27, 2021
Chamber, Classical Music, Festivals, Opera, Orchestral, Theatre, Visual Art, Vocal & Choral
news

Adelaide Festival announces its 2022 program

The 2022 Adelaide Festival program from Joint Artistic Directors Neil Armfield and Rachel Healy features 71 events including nine world premieres and six Australian premieres.

October 26, 2021
Opera
news

Victorian Opera announces new adaptation of A Christmas Carol

Victorian Opera has announced a new adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic Christmas story for its 2022 season, to be written by composer Graeme Koehne and librettist Anna Goldsworthy.

October 25, 2021
Chamber, Classical Music, Instrumental, Opera
features

ABC Classic concert schedule: November 2021

November is Australian Music Month across the ABC, and ABC Classic’s concert schedule for the month features some stunning works by Australian composers – some old, some new.

October 25, 2021
Books, Classical Music, Dance, Festivals, Opera
news

The November 2021 issue of Limelight is now available

In this month's features we talk to Barrie Kosky about The Golden Cockerel, run an extract by Leigh Sales from the book Well Hello, explore the role of music reviewers today, and examine the pleasures and perils of writing music for the screen.

October 25, 2021
Opera
Live Review

Review: The Marriage of Figaro (West Australian Opera)

Amidst this fast-paced, and at times mad reading of Mozart’s masterpiece, the opera ultimately triumphs, with Jeremy Kleeman particularly impressive as Figaro.

October 25, 2021
Classical Music, Opera
features

The Cockerel Finally Crows

Why Barrie Kosky’s strange, dreamlike staging of The Golden Cockerel is unlike any other production of Rimsky-Korsakov’s final opera.

October 25, 2021
Classical Music, Opera
CD and Other Review

Review: Bellini: I Puritani (Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra & State Choir, Constantine Orbelian)

Lithuanian band and American leads slam dunk Italian opera on English Civil War.

October 25, 2021
Classical Music, Dance, Opera, Theatre
features

Take your seats as the arts open up

This month’s news round-up includes the return of the arts, Opera Australia’s latest outdoor spectacle, Queensland Ballet’s new home on the Gold Coast, the triumph of Moulin Rouge! The Musical at the Tony Awards, and the winners at the 2021 Art Music Awards.

October 25, 2021
Classical Music, Dance, Opera, Theatre
features

On Stage: the events you need to see in November 2021

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

October 25, 2021

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