Like most of us, Irene Sankoff and David Hein remember what they were doing on September 11, 2001.

When Natalie Abbott was told she’d been cast as Muriel Heslop in the musical, she couldn’t believe it. She tells us about making her professional debut in her dream role.

In the wake of the Notre Dame fire, Guy Noble ponders which institutions we take for granted and which are fire proof.

This issue includes features on Ermonela Jaho, Nico Muhly, Nicholas Carter, Come From Away, Janáček, and Paul McCreesh's fantasy coronation.

As Ermonela Jaho prepares to take on Donizetti’s Three Queens, beginning with Anna Bolena, Justine Nguyen talks to the soprano about the role’s challenges and delves into the origins of the trilogy.

The Australian mezzo discusses the wide-ranging repertoire she'll be performing at this year's Australian Festival of Chamber Music.

Nicholas Carter couldn’t be happier with the way the ASO has nurtured and developed his career. But as he tells Jo Litson, with a new position in Austria, and other exciting international offers in his calendar, it’s time to put down the baton as Adelaide’s Principal Conductor.

Australian String Quartet violist Stephen King on making music part of everyday culture, playing in the dark, and the acoustic properties of a skateboard half pipe.

The Chinese pipa virtuoso talks to Limelight about playing with Yo-Yo Ma for the Clintons, working with composers Tan Dun and Ye Xiaogang, and collaborating across musical cultures.

The Australian composer discusses the upcoming world premiere of a work inspired by the elusive, nocturnal bird.

Collected symphonies, a Spanish “pianist’s pianist”, and another win for Respighi.

The enfant terrible of the Australian art scene is the subject of a new opera by Elena Kats-Chernin and Justin Fleming. They talk to Justine Nguyen about the challenges of translating this colourful, larger-than-life figure to the stage.