January–February 2024
Features
How will our arts organisations keep things fresh this year?
by Yvonne Frindle, Paul Ballam-Cross, Deborah Jones, Steve Dow, Jansson J. Antmann and Jo Litson
Barrie Kosky on The Threepenny Opera, Chicago and Wagner’s Ring.
by Jansson J. Antmann
Six lesser-known composers died 100 years ago. Is their music due for revival?
by Clive Paget
Queensland Theatre adds new spark to Patrick Hamilton’s 1938 play Gaslight.
by Elissa Blake
Subscription Offer
Read Australia’s finest coverage of music, arts and culture in 2024.
Limelight subscribers have full access to news, features and reviews by our expert writers, in print and online.
Subscriptions start from $4 per month, but you can save up to 50% when you choose an annual Limelight print and digital subscription. In addition to the hard copy magazines, you will receive free digital access to our past issues and exclusive online content.
Subscribe, renew or give a Limelight gift subscription and you could win 20 Prospero Classical CDs. Offer ends 23 July.
Soundings
Interview
Ben Mingay was a construction worker when his mates dared him to audition for a scholarship at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Now he’s about to make his Opera Australia debut.
by Jo Litson
On the Record
Essential holiday listening includes French symphonic poems, gripping symphonies from a well-known pianist, Rattle’s Siegfried, Wilson’s Daphnis and Osborne’s latest Debussy.
by Clive Paget
Cutting Edge
Sophia Brous discusses her site-specific work The Invisible Opera, which explores the concept, dynamics and paradoxes of a public space.
by Jo Litson
Opera
After the success of Koolbardi wer Wardong, Gina Williams and Guy Ghouse have written a second (and maybe last) Noongar opera together.
by Jo Litson
Books
★★★★ A silent partner emerges into the light.
by Will Yeoman
Film
★★★★ The case remains more open than shut in Justine Triet’s engrossing courtroom drama.
by Jason Blake
Film
★★★★½ Bradley Cooper takes his skills as an actor/director to another level.
by Jason Blake
In the Limelight
Coda
Guy Noble's Soapbox
Though he may now be a hexagenarian, Guy Noble certainly doesn’t feel it. He takes inspiration from Sir Paul McCartney, who is still touring to adoring fans at 81.
Playing Up
Virtuoso player Anoushka Shankar reflects
on her relationship with the sitar ahead of her concerts at the Sydney Opera House and the Brett Whiteley Studio.
World Premiere
Opening Melbourne Chamber Orchestra’s 2024 season, Katy Abbott’s new work taps into the complexity of musical communication.
by Maddy Briggs
5 Questions For
The inventive director discusses staging Puccini’s one-act opera Il tabarro on board a ship for Sydney Festival.
My Music
Coming from a showbiz family, the founding director of commercial producer GWB Entertainment has developed most of his musical connections through work – until now.
Playlists
Staff and Contributors
Print Editor
Jo Litson
Digital Editor
Jason Blake
Designer
Tristan Main
Editor-at-Large
Clive Paget
Staff Writer
Maddy Briggs
Contributors
Paul Ballam-Cross, Peter Berner, Elissa Blake, Torben Brookman, Steve Dow, Yvonne Frindle, Jansson J. Antmann, Deborah Jones, Steve Moffatt, Guy Noble, Anoushka Shankar, Will Yeoman
Publisher
Limelight Arts Media Pty Ltd
Chief Executive Officer / Managing Editor
Cara Anderson
Subscriptions & Operations Manager
William Jeffery
Sales Manager
Carla Bird
For advertising enquiries contact (02) 8599 4205 or advertising@limelight-arts.com.au
Limelight Subscriptions
Click here or phone (02) 8227 6486 weekdays, 9am–5pm NSW
Limelight Offices
Suite 606 Level 6, 84 Pitt Street
Sydney NSW 2000
(02) 8599 4204
Printing
Printed in Australia by IVE
Limelight is published by Limelight Arts Media Pty Ltd (ABN 34 624 578 801)
©2024 Limelight Arts Media
No material may be reproduced without prior written permission of the publisher