Taut and terrific, Simon Stone’s production of Kaija Saariaho’s final opera is a potent deep dive into what motivates an atrocity.

Dr Lou Bennett and Paul Stanhope’s song cycle about a repatriated baby girl's journey has a mesmerising Australian premiere.

Concerned with how we manage to live right now, A Quiet Language sends joyful shafts of light into the darkness.

Beautiful contrasts abound as 11 Australian composers arrange 12 of Jess Hitchcock’s songs.

Seann Miley Moore glitters hard in John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask’s cult musical.

An expansive evening of music to sink into and escape reality with – and plenty of time in which to do so.

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Thirty-six Shakespeare plays across eight days – and not an actor in sight. Instead, one performer tells the story with household items.

Schubert’s Winterreise is widely regarded as the pinnacle of German Lieder. German baritone Matthias Goerne discusses why he is so drawn to it.

When the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra talked to Elena Kats-Chernin about performing Fast Blue Village, she decided to revisit and refresh it.

Big reads, in-depth analysis of Limelight's Artists of the Year vote, and everything you need to stay on top of the classical music and performing arts scene.

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