Pinchgut Opera’s Dido & Aeneas: “A gift for a theatre director”
Lucy Clements has been a prime mover of new Australian work. How does she approach a Purcell masterpiece over 300 years old?
May 15, 2024
Review: Handel and Vivaldi Arias (Melbourne Symphony Orchestra)
Australia’s Mr Baroque, Erin Helyard, led a splendid concert starring soprano Samantha Clarke.
April 5, 2024
Pinchgut Opera announces Continuo Fellow
Singer and harpsichordist Liam Green to join Pinchgut's specialist program for continuo players.
March 1, 2024
Review: Theodora in Concert (Opera Australia & Pinchgut Opera)
Baroque is back at the Sydney Opera House in the form of Handel's pungent tale of religious intolerance and sacrifice in a polarised society.
February 9, 2024
Samantha Clarke: Catch a Shooting Star
Starting 2024 as Violetta in her Opera Australia debut, soprano Samantha Clarke has a big year ahead.
December 20, 2023
Review: A Viennese Bouquet (Melissa Farrow, Erin Helyard)
A banquet and bouquet with fragrant 19th-century music for flute and piano.
December 14, 2023
Review: Rinaldo (Pinchgut Opera)
Pinchgut's superlative specialist cast of singers polish Handel's 1715 hit to a dazzling shine.
December 1, 2023
The Australian String Quartet unveils 2024 season
A bold 2024 for the Australian String Quartet with national tours, festival appearances, huge collaborations and new recordings on offer.
November 22, 2023
The Limelight Artists of the Year for 2023
Our reviewers and readers have voted for the Australian and international artists who particularly thrilled them over the past year. We are delighted to announce the winners ...
November 20, 2023
A Knight at the Opera
We trace Handel’s journey to London and talk with Erin Helyard of Pinchgut Opera, which is about to stage its first Handel opera – Rinaldo.
October 23, 2023
Read the November 2023 issue of Limelight online
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October 23, 2023
The November 2023 issue of Limelight is now available
Handel's big hit, William Kentridge’s Sybil and Guy Noble conducting in a gorilla suit. All this and much more in your November issue of Limelight.
October 23, 2023
Introducing the November 2023 issue of Limelight
Handel's big hit, William Kentridge’s Sybil and Guy Noble conducting in a gorilla suit. All this and much more in your November issue of Limelight.
October 11, 2023