Monteverdi's opera of lust and ambition gets a Mob makeover courtesy of Victorian Opera.

Ahead of his tour with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Italian baritone Renato Dolcini reflects on his passion for Baroque music and his collaboration with William Christie.

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Ahead of her title-role debut in Opera Australia’s The Merry Widow, soprano Emma Pearson tells us why operetta deserves pride of place alongside opera.

Samuel Cairnduff explores how political pressure, weak leadership and funding models are reshaping what Australian arts organisations dare to do.

Steve Dow talks with actors Googoorewon Knox and Guy Simon, and playwright Jane Harrison about her new play Bennelong in London.

British viola virtuoso Lawrence Power chats with Steve Dow about Isles of Light, the concert he has programmed, directs and performs in for the Australian Chamber Orchestra, and why he believes there’s such a strong viola tradition in the British Isles.

This month features Mahler from Bychkov and Runnicles, Pappano’s Planets, a Beethoven project completed, and choral discoveries from a distant branch of the Bach family tree.

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

The latest arts appointments and departures.

A round-up of our recent news reports.

Lucas van Woerkum's new Symphonic Cinema project makes Holst's masterwork the engine of a bespoke film.