2026: For Real
Our team of expert writers explores the challenges, themes and highlights in the year ahead for arts companies.
Our team of expert writers explores the challenges, themes and highlights in the year ahead for arts companies.
As her play Lacrima comes to Australia, writer/director Caroline Guiela Nguyen talks about why she likes interweaving different narratives.
This month features a new deal for Vasily Petrenko, blockbusters from John Wilson and Fabio Luisi, Víkingur Ólafsson’s latest piano odyssey and beguiling songs by Rebecca Clarke.
The editors of Limelight share their selection of the most exciting classical music, opera and theatre events coming soon.
MSO brings a welcome touch of Scandinavian savvy to Melbourne’s festive season.
Sydney Philharmonia Choirs completes the journey it began in 2023 with the concluding chapters of Bach's monumental story of Christ's birth.
Brisbane is full of the Christmas spirit with this glorious performance of Handel’s Messiah.
Among the ranks of the forgotten, a genuine find, splendidly presented.
Limelight surveys the festive landscape in search of music experiences that will turn your Christmas light on.
A thoughtfully curated program unfolds with a naturalness that makes even the most demanding moments feel effortless.
The fresh sounds, harmonies and improvisations Erin Helyard infuses into this production turn the old into something new and extraordinary.
A thoughtful blending of two very Melburnian musical institutions, but an end result that falls just shy of inspiring.
A year of inspirational masterworks from Britten, Handel and Haydn alongside fresh Australian compositional voices.