Opera Australia to offer $20 tickets thanks to donation
Susan and Isaac Wakil’s $1.5 donation will subsidise ticket prices over the next five years.
July 23, 2015
ABC to close its network of shops across Australia
All 50 of the broadcaster’s retail outlets are to be shut, with 300 staff facing redundancy.
July 22, 2015
National Opera Review stalls as artists challenge arts cuts
The NOR misses the publication deadline for its findings, while artist submissions mount for senate inquiry into the NPEA.
July 21, 2015
Kiandra Howarth wins $10,000 Culturarte Prize at Operalia 2015
Aussie soprano, aged 25, scores at Plácido Domingo’s Covent Garden competition for budding opera talent.
July 21, 2015
Finalists announced for the 2015 Art Music Awards
The annual APRA AMCOS Awards celebrating “diversity and vibrancy” sees increase to first time nominees this year.
July 20, 2015
Alan Jones pulls out of Anything Goes Sydney season
The shock jock radio presenter has withdrawn due to “increased radio and television commitments.”
July 20, 2015
Melbourne Chamber Music Competition winners announced
Linos Piano Trio and Noga Quartet named winners of competition’s seventh outing.
July 17, 2015
2015 Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prize winners announced
Paintings by Nigel Milsom, Natasha Bieniek and Jason Phu awarded the 2015 Prizes. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
July 17, 2015
Tech-breakthrough translates opera glasses for the 21st C
Multilingual augmented reality glasses thrill audiences at Avignon Festival tryout.
July 16, 2015
Limelight’s August 2015 Issue On Sale
Andrew Upton examines theatre’s endless fascination with Russian master Anton Chekhov. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
July 16, 2015
Alan Curtis has died
Baroque specialist, harpsichordist and pioneering conductor of Handel opera passes at 80.
July 15, 2015
Queensland pledge over $172 million for the arts
New Queensland Premier and Arts Minister Annastacia Palaszczck promises to “return arts back to its rightful place.”
July 15, 2015
Opera Australia and John Frost’s ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ postponed
This latest postponement will be the third time a planned production of the musical has been delayed.
July 13, 2015