Handpicked to sing at the Coronation of King Charles III, Pretty Yende is a South African opera star with a voice that shatters glass ceilings.

Sir Simon Rattle chats about Bruckner, Brexit and the London Symphony Orchestra's tour of Australia.

This month, Roderick Williams gussies up English songs, Ravel and Arnold receive ardent advocacy, and a trio of suppressed Jessye Norman recordings sees the light of day.

Stars align in Muti’s hard to be bettered Verdi Requiem.

This month’s musical journey takes us from the choir stalls of Westminster Abbey to an eerily haunted music hall and winds up with a legendary blast from the past.

Norman’s refulgent Salome is the icing on Tennstedt’s Straussian cake.

Roland Peelman traces the history of the black voice in classical and contemporary music, and explains why George Floyd's final words speak to an uncomfortable truth we cannot hide from.

For week two, Clive Paget travels from his living room to New York, London, Berlin and back to Oz.

The people have spoken: the late soprano has been named Limelight's International Artist of the Year.

Possessed of a radiant, sumptuous voice, the legendary soprano was 74 years old.

Limelight talks to the operatic icon about life, music, the value of community, reality TV... oh, and Hillary vs Donald.

Why the master of comedy, John Cleese, is planning to debut Fawlty Towers Down Under. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in