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Opera
Live Review

Review: The Pirates of Penzance (Victorian Opera)

The very model of a modern Gilbert & Sullivan production: nostalgic yet fresh and funny, with cast and orchestra on song.

February 2, 2026
News, Opera
news

Victorian Opera announces 2026 season

A G&S tonic, a new Australian opera, a 'neglected gem' and a twist on a classic to mark VO's 21st anniversary.

October 6, 2025
Opera, Theatre
Live Review

Review: The Pirates of Penzance – In Concert (Prospero Arts Concert Series)

A top-shelf cast ensues little is lost in a stripped-back staging of Gilbert and Sullivan's rollicking melodrama.

December 6, 2024
News, Opera
news

West Australian Opera in 2025

Puccini, Verdi, Gilbert & Sullivan and a "secret" production slated for WA Opera's 2025 Season.

November 12, 2024
Chamber, Classical Music, Vocal & Choral
news

Newcastle Music Festival announces 2024 lineup

Roderick Williams, Ben Mingay and Simon Tedeschi are amongst the artists gracing the festival’s seventh edition.

June 20, 2024
Festivals, Musical Theatre & Cabaret, Opera
Live Review

Review: Festival of Outback Opera (Opera Queensland)

Having perfected the formula for its annual festival, Opera Queensland ups the ante with its most sophisticated program to date.

May 22, 2024
Books, Classical Music, Dance, Festivals, Film, Opera, Theatre
features

Read the January–February 2024 issue of Limelight online

Log in to read the PDF version of Limelight's January–February 2024 magazine.

December 22, 2023
Books, Classical Music, Dance, Festivals, Film, Opera, Theatre
news

The January–February 2024 issue of Limelight is now available

Getting ready for your summer break? Why not make the bumper new edition of Limelight magazine a part of it?

December 22, 2023
Musical Theatre & Cabaret, Opera
features

A Secret Love Affair

Ben Mingay was once a construction worker in Newcastle. Now, he’s about to make his Opera Australia debut.

December 22, 2023
Books, Classical Music, Dance, Festivals, Film, Opera, Theatre
news

Introducing the January–February 2024 issue of Limelight

Getting ready for your summer break? Why not make the bumper new edition of Limelight magazine a part of it?

December 13, 2023
Musical Theatre & Cabaret, Theatre
Live Review

Review: Sweeney Todd (Sydney Opera House)

Sondheim's throat-slashing musical gets a razor-sharp production, with a fine double act from Ben Mingay and Antoinette Halloran at its dark heart.

July 28, 2023
Opera
Live Review

Review: The Pirates of Penzance (State Opera South Australia)

Much love and care has gone into the making of this Pirates of Penzance, and all of its facets are delivered with playfulness and vigour.

May 15, 2023
Opera
Live Review

Review: H.M.S. Pinafore (State Opera South Australia)

It’s too easy to dismiss the comic operettas of Gilbert and Sullivan as quaint anachronisms – especially in the wake of the recent Coronation.

May 15, 2023

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