Review: The Passionate Pilgrim (Blackheath Chamber Music Festival)
John Bell and Elysian Fields join forces in a world premiere that reimagines Shakespeare and Wyatt through evocative, jazz-infused settings.
April 26, 2026
Blackheath Chamber Music Festival announces 2026 program
Acclaimed Australian artists, fine music and a world premiere program head to Sydney's Blue Mountains across Anzac Day weekend.
March 4, 2026
Review: Greater Love – Second World War Memorial Concert (Australian War Memorial & Flowers of Peace)
Artistic forces successfully marshalled in a poignant and musically powerful commemorative concert.
August 17, 2025
Staying Power
On the 150th anniversary of Carmen, we talk to director Anne-Louise Sarks about her new production for Opera Australia.
June 23, 2025
Review: Shakespeare’s The Tempest (Queensland Symphony Orchestra)
Let the actors act, let the orchestras orch – QSO meets John Bell on an uneven playing field.
May 6, 2025
Review: Sunshine Coast Chamber Music Festival 2024
Theatre, drone improvisations and opera overlooking the beach. Like the Sunshine Coast itself, the SCCMF is all about variety.
June 10, 2024
Review: A Musical Tempest with John Bell (Sydney Symphony Orchestra)
Storms, alarums and excursions as John Bell and the SSO put the Bard to the baton.
May 4, 2024
Sunshine Coast Chamber Music Festival reveals 2024 program
"Wonder, heart and humour" in the works as Sunshine Coast Chamber Music Festival widens its lens beyond the classical.
April 18, 2024
Read the April 2024 issue of Limelight
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March 25, 2024
My Music with John Bell
Classical music has been a lifelong passion of the veteran actor. He reveals how a chance invitation shaped his taste in music forever.
March 25, 2024
The April 2024 issue of Limelight is now available
Whether you are an avowed minimalist or a devil-may-care, cram-it-all-in maximalist, Limelight’s April edition will have something for you.
March 25, 2024
Introducing the April 2024 issue of Limelight
Whether you are an avowed minimalist or a devil-may-care, cram-it-all-in maximalist, Limelight’s April edition will have something for you.
March 13, 2024
Review: With Love, Amadeus (Blackheath Chamber Music Festival)
John Bell and Simon Tedeschi’s delightful portrait of Mozart is part recital, part cabaret and a must-see for anyone who wants to know the man behind the legend.
April 22, 2023