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The November 2026 issue of Limelight is now available

The human hand takes centre stage in a Limelight issue devoted to imagination, craft, rediscovery and reinvention.

by Limelight on 19 October, 2026

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

Limelight is available digitally in two formats. You can explore the magazine in a traditional format with our flipbook version, or read each article individually through our website.

You can also find Limelight on Zinio – read on any device or download to enjoy offline. (Separate subscription required.)

Click below to choose your preferred format, or continue reading to find out what’s inside the November 2026 issue of Limelight.

First Love

Why Simone Young programmed Strauss’s Salome after Wagner’s Ring.

by Jo Litson

Fasten Your Seatbelts

Christie Whelan Browne on tackling both starring roles in All About Eve.

by Lenny Ann Low

Music’s Secret Loves

Have musicologists deliberately kept certain composers in the closet?

by Nico de Napoli

Australia’s Chopin

Celebrating Australian pianist and composer Frederick Septimus Kelly.

by Chris Latham

Out with the New, in with the Old

Constantine Costi’s new handmade production of La bohème for OA.

by Jansson J. Antmann

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