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Opera
Live Review

Review: The Oresteia (Sydney Chamber Opera, Carriageworks & ELISION)

From antiquity to the present day, Imara Savage’s production underlines the intrinsic link between theatre and ritual.

July 25, 2026
Chamber, Festivals, Vocal & Choral
Live Review

Review: Luminescence and the Machine (Canberra International Music Festival)

A gripping collaboration from the place where high tech and the human voice meet.

May 5, 2026
Chamber, Classical Music, Festivals
Live Review

Review: Terra mater aestiva (Blackheath Chamber Music Festival)

A transcendent program co-curated and composed by Ross Edwards is the perfect send-off for outgoing Festival Director Catherine Harker.

April 27, 2026
Chamber, Classical Music, Instrumental, Orchestral, Vocal & Choral
features

On the Record: March 2026

This month features Elsa Dreisig, a soprano of prodigious talents, Allan Clayton singing Winterreise and orchestral music, some familiar, most not.

February 23, 2026
Classical Music, Opera
CD and Other Review

Review: Undead (Jessica O’Donoghue, Jack Symonds)

Survey of new Aussie works shows opera is alive and kicking.

February 9, 2026
Chamber, Classical Music, Instrumental, Orchestral
features

Listen to the Australian Art Music playlist: December 2025 – 2025 Recap

This month, Cameron Lam’s last Australian Art Music playlist on Spotify recaps 2025 releases before moving to Bandcamp in 2026.

December 10, 2025
Classical Music, Opera
news

“Wonder lives in the telling”: Opera Queensland announces 2026 season

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.

November 13, 2025
Classical Music
features

Listen to the Australian Art Music playlist: November 2025 – New Releases, New Faces

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.

November 7, 2025
Classical Music, Vocal & Choral
Live Review

Review: Pairings & Odd Couples (The Song Company)

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

September 15, 2025
Opera
Live Review

Review: Aphrodite (Sydney Chamber Opera)

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

June 21, 2025
Classical Music, News
news

The Song Company announces 2025 Emerging Artists

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.

February 12, 2025
Vocal & Choral
Live Review

Review: Hark! (The Song Company)

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

November 30, 2024
News, Vocal & Choral
news

The Song Company 2025: Connection through Harmony

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

November 14, 2024

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