Timothée Chalamet's controversial comments and a new book by Caitlin Vincent, Opera Wars, lead Peter Tregear to ponder what (and who) is opera for?

From Mahler’s audacious First Symphony to site-specific bells and Sting's working-class roots, April’s issue explores music, place and identity.

After living in the UK for two decades, Helena Dix is back. And now there's "no more sitting like a puppy dog at an opera casting director’s door . . ."

Guy Noble has had enough of the abusive men who populate opera and would love to see a few rewrites.

Director Neil Armfield tells Steve Dow why his production of Cinderella for State Opera South Australia will have a 1970s twist.

Log in to read the flipbook version of Limelight's March 2026 magazine.

Guy Noble explains why positive affirmations drive him mad and have the reverse effect.

What do our opera and dance companies have on offer in the year ahead?

What musicals are on offer in 2026?

The musical theatre star shares her passion for singing and her cabaret show Bad Hand, inspired by the sudden death of her partner Ryan.

As a jazz-loving carpenter installs his new kitchen, Guy Noble wonders if classical musicians are too obsessed with the written note.

This month, a new musical based on Joan Lindsay’s classic Australian novel Picnic at Hanging Rock has its world premiere in New York.