In a world first, the brain cells of a deceased composer will perform one of his seminal works. The project's co-creators explain how.

2023's Melbourne International Jazz Festival Take Note fellow, saxophonist Cheryl Durongpisitkul, is determined to be "a pain in the arse".

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On the eve of Opera Australia’s ‘Digital Ring ’, we examine Wagner’s timeless epic.

Pip Williams’ best-selling novel The Dictionary of Lost Words is about to see its world premiere on the stage.

Ahead of his upcoming tour with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, violinist Joshua Bell discusses the meaning of music in our lives.

We unravel the mystery of Mahler’s Ninth Symphony with Alexander Briger, who will conduct the work with the Australian World Orchestra.

Dharug composer Christopher Sainsbury has written a new opera for Victorian Opera, with a libretto by First Nations playwright Jane Harrison.

Students from NIDA and the Sydney Conservatorium are staging Elena Kats-Chernin’s jazzy reimagining of Monteverdi’s The Coronation of Poppea.

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

Pondering our dopamine addiction and obsessive need to feel good, Guy Noble wonders if boredom is a necessary counterpoint to happiness.

A round-up of our recent news reports.