The June 2026 issue of Limelight is now available, and hard copies are on their way to those with print subscriptions.

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Features

Inspired by Jack Liebeck, we survey classical music’s oddest, most grisly deaths.

by Clive Paget

Soprano Emma Pearson on why operetta shouldn’t be underestimated.

by Jansson J. Antmann

How Eddy Chen and Brett Yang became superstar duo TwoSet Violin.

by Katie Yap

The pressures and funding models reshaping arts organisations’ programming.

by Samuel Cairnduff

Yve Blake discusses her radical reimaging of Macbeth for Bell Shakespeare.

by Lenny Ann Low

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