OQ's 2026 season features a hotly-anticipated Queensland premiere, the return of a 2025 success and a sparkling new production of a Broadway classic.

This month, Cameron Lam’s Australian Art Music playlist is full of new faces and fresh releases, suggested by readers and voters of Limelight's 25 in 25.

Challenging repertoire, executed with a quiet confidence and attention to detail. 

Directed by Alexander Berlage, Nico Muhly and Laura Lethlean’s brand-new opera is a mini masterpiece that looks as captivating as it sounds.

Now in its second year The Song Company's artist development program aims to provide a bridge between academic training and a career in vocal performance.

A nativity-themed program of sublime singing, complex harmonies and exemplary musicianship.

Devotional songs, Estonian chant and the "edgy modernism of Irish music" in the mix to be delivered by The Song Company in 2025.

Director Lindy Hume talks to Limelight about making four operas simultaneously and challenging what the art form can be.

A brilliant, challenging score by Jack Symonds sustains this boldly designed Ur-fable of bloodlust and redemption.

A new collaboration between the Sydney Conservatorium and NIDA features the premiere of four operas written by Master’s students.

Sex, demigods and a three-headed beast, Gilgamesh has it all. Composer Jack Symonds talks about his new opera based on the Mesopotamian epic.

Jessica O'Donoghue, Andrée Greenwell and Katie Noonan are among this year's nominees, recognised for excellence in the music industry.