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

Laura Murphy’s musical The Lovers was first staged by Bell Shakespeare in 2022. She talks to us as Shake & Stir Theatre Co presents a new production.

Xuefei Yang was the first guitarist to graduate from a Chinese conservatoire. She explains why she hopes her current tour will take audiences on a journey.

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Shostakovich responded to the political world around him in his compositions. We look at why his music remains as vital and relevant as ever.

Your essential coast-to-coast guide to the Australian music being played on our concert stages this month.

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Our reviewers and readers have voted for the artists who blew them away during the past year. So, who are the winners?

500 episodes and counting: Peter Eyers talks to Limelight Editor Jo Litson about his long-running STAGES podcast.

Shake & Stir Theatre Co is renowned for its adaptations of literary classics. Ahead of a tour of Frankenstein, we talk to two of its artistic directors.

The number of Australians with their sights set on an international conducting career hasn’t changed, but their success rate is down. Why?

Jakub Jankowski explains how his new piece for the ACO is built around a musical device popular during the Baroque period.