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Classical Music
news

Hawai’i Symphony Orchestra joins benefit performance for Maui

Music "the perfect counterbalance to these wantonly destructive events," says Australia's Dane Lam, Director of the Hawai'i Symphony Orchestra.

August 21, 2023
Opera
Live Review

Review: Carmen (West Australian Opera)

The company’s outdoor offering for 2023 is its boldest move yet, a well-judged production of Bizet’s Carmen at the WACA stadium.

February 26, 2023
Chamber, Classical Music, Film, Opera, Orchestral, Theatre
features

Newsworthy: March 2023

A round-up of our recent news reports.

February 20, 2023
Classical Music, Orchestral
news

Dane Lam appointed Music Director of the Hawai‘i Symphony Orchestra

Taking up his new position in Honolulu, the Australian-Chinese maestro assures us he will be back as he embarks on his latest cross-cultural crusade.

January 18, 2023
Opera
news

West Australian Opera announces its 2023 season

The lineup includes Carmen in the WACA, Sondheim's Into the Woods, a new Bohème and a world premiere by Lachlan Skipworth, with a new work in the Noongar language scheduled for 2024.

November 24, 2022
Festivals, Opera
news

Opera Queensland unveils its 2023 season

Likening opera to slow-cooking, Opera Queensland’s Artistic Director Patrick Nolan continues breaking new ground with his genre-defying programming from QPAC to the outback.

October 18, 2022
Live Review

Review: East Meets West Orchestral Concert (Ausfeng)

Dane Lam conducts a program of orchestral favourites that takes flight in a virtuosic and evocative Chinese-Australian celebration.

July 14, 2022
Chamber, Classical Music, Dance, Festivals, Instrumental, Musical Theatre & Cabaret, Opera, Orchestral, Stage, Theatre, Vocal & Choral
features

On Stage: the events you need to see in July 2022

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

June 20, 2022
Opera
Live Review

Review: Opera Gala (Queensland Symphony Orchestra)

Hosted and conducted by Dane Lam, Queensland Symphony Orchestra's Opera Gala was one of exceptional quality, showcasing the talents of four of Australian opera's most exciting voices in a first-class concert program.

June 14, 2022
Opera
Live Review

Review: Festival of Outback Opera (Opera Queensland)

This festival is an extraordinary achievement in improving accessibility to opera and the arts more broadly.

May 24, 2022
Festivals, Opera
features

The Festival of Outback Opera returns for a second year

After its huge success last year, Opera Queensland's ten-day outback Festival returns. We talk to the festival organisers and headline performer Greta Bradman.

May 9, 2022
Classical Music, Orchestral
Live Review

Review: Landscape and Wonder (West Australian Symphony Orchestra)

Golijov's Three Songs for Soprano and Orchestra, with Sara Macliver as soloist, was the highlight of a wonderful concert that also featured music by Prokofiev and Sibelius.

November 7, 2021
Classical Music, Orchestral
Live Review

Review: Queensland’s Finest (Queensland Symphony Orchestra)

The QSO’s Queensland’s Finest program featured three of Queensland’s brightest young classical artists – a composer, a conductor and a pianist – in a high quality and joyous program.

September 5, 2021

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