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Small companies are “vital” to Australia’s arts ecology, given “so much opera is being dictated by finances” higher up the chain, says soprano Celeste Lazarenko.

Big issues, huge voices, major talents ... September's Limelight casts a wide net over the Australian music and performing arts scene and hauls in a bumper catch.

Big issues, huge voices, major talents ... September's Limelight casts a wide net over the Australian music and performing arts scene and hauls in a bumper catch.

Michael Sumuel, Siobhan Stagg and Kiandra Howarth deliver textbook examples of how to sing Mozart under Maestro Matteo Dal Maso.

More than 200 community singers and the TSO Chorus melded into a single instrument of amazing range, tonal lustre and precision.

Erin Helyard goes solo on the Goldbergs; a state-of-the-art Fairy Queen at the Roslyn Packer; a "translucent" Messiah, and more.

Brett Weymark and Sydney Philharmonia Choirs pull out all the stops for Mendelssohn’s swansong.

Raw power and energy as from Sydney Chamber Choir as they scale Mozart’s final peak.

Australian Haydn Ensemble, Celeste Lazarenko and Helen Sherman. A heavenly combination indeed

Exquisite singing and a feeling of déjà vu mark the return of Mozart’s seminal opera after a 30-year absence.

The third opera in Wagner’s tetralogy throws up plenty of challenges, but Chen Shi-Zheng tackles them boldly and triumphs.