A new opera premiering in Mparntwe/Alice Springs follows a day in the life of the formidable Olive Pink.

The creators of three versions of Swan Lake discuss the ballet’s DNA.

Read an extract from The Northern Silence, a new book by Andrew Mellor, which interrogates the Nordic psyche and its impact on composers.

One hundred and fifty years after his birth, we analyse the forging of Ralph Vaughan Williams – the quintessential voice of English music.

There have been so many deluges when he conducts outdoors that Guy Noble is beginning to wonder if he has rain-making powers. As for the bugs he encounters, just open his scores.

Why taking music out of the concert hall has been a key element in Lamorna Nightingale's programming for BackStage Music.

From premieres by Carl Vine and Thomas de Hartmann to Catalani’s La Wally and Jakub Józef Orliński’s Polish songs, it's a month of revelation and discovery with these new classical albums.

The world’s first Grammy-nominated mandolinist, Avi Avital, has gained the instrument its rightful place in concert halls and has also inspired a new generation of composers to write for this most modern of Baroque instruments.

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.

The composer, conductor and Artistic Director of Victorian Opera discusses his new opera The Butterfly Lovers, based on a famous Chinese legend about doomed lovers who finally find freedom when their spirits are transformed into butterflies.

As he prepares to tour Australia, Joseph Calleja explains how singing is his superpower, why he no longer goes spearfishing, and why Andrea Bocelli deserves special praise.