Limelight’s most-read opera reviews of 2025
Our top 10 opera reviews chart an operatic landscape where bold new works jostle with reimagined classics for audience attention.
Our top 10 opera reviews chart an operatic landscape where bold new works jostle with reimagined classics for audience attention.
A compelling case for one of Saariaho's most emotionally resonant works.
Taut and terrific, Simon Stone’s production of Kaija Saariaho’s final opera is a potent deep dive into what motivates an atrocity.
A brilliant concert celebrating contemporary and classical works for cello and piano also explored the cello’s sonic properties with advanced playing techniques.
In record time, new Artistic Director Brett Sheehy has put together a program consolidating the festival’s long-held international reputation.
As he puts the finishing touches on the 2025 Adelaide Festival program, Brett Sheehy shares his eclectic taste in music and reveals how he made his own harpsichord.
Simon Stone directs Kaija Saariaho’s last opera, Australian Dance Theatre celebrates 60 years, and Pina Bausch’s Tanztheater Wuppertal returns.
French virtuoso Xavier de Maistre discusses his “sensual” instrument and commissioning new work.
Australia's Sarah Snook rewarded for her 26-character turn in Sydney Theatre Company's international stage hit The Picture of Dorian Gray.
Helvi Leiviskä was respected in her day. So how come we are only hearing her music now?
Cheney offers a unique and enquiring take on Australian chamber music.
A highly-anticipated ACT premiere and a variety of classical and modern works make for a jam-packed 2024 festival.
This month we are in vocal heaven with period instrument Rodgers & Hammerstein, Shakespearean song, an operatic take on Wuthering Heights, and a resurrected Parsifal.