The news that the Italian soprano Renata Scotto has died, aged 89, has touched singers and opera lovers worldwide.

Jessica Pratt and Iván Ayón Rivas head a superb cast in Damiano Michieletto’s thrilling production of Offenbach’s last, greatest opera.

Featuring some of the world’s best singers, a new podcast lifts the lid on the opera world and helps young artists find their way in the industry.

Log in to read the PDF version of Limelight's July 2023 magazine.

The star soprano is about to play all four heroines in Opera Australia's The Tales of Hoffmann. She discusses the formidable challenge ahead.

Jessica Pratt takes on the fearsome "Hoffmann Challenge". Working Dog's Tom Gleisner makes a musical. All this and more in a fit-to-bust edition of Limelight.

The General Manager of 4MBS Classic FM gives us the lowdown on the 30th anniversary of the 4MBS Festival of Classics.

Two world premieres, Mozart, and Shostakovich's hilarious operetta feature in Richard Mills' swansong season.

Lyndon Terracini's final season includes The Tales of Hoffmann with Jessica Pratt, Adriana Lecouvreur with Ermonela Jaho, and concert versions of La Gioconda with Jonas Kaufmann in Sydney and Philip Glass's Satyagraha in Melbourne.

Known for his visionary, striking productions, Damiano Michieletto returns to Opera Australia with a new take on Offenbach’s The Tales of Hoffmann, which starts with Hoffmann as an old man in a bar, then travels through different episodes in his life.

A brand new production of Offenbach’s The Tales of Hoffmann, starring Australian soprano Jessica Pratt, comes to Sydney alongside the return of Aida and Attila.

Donizetti's lost queen – Jessica Pratt delivers a forgotten, yet regal Elisabetta.