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News, Opera
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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.

December 22, 2025
Classical Music, Opera
CD and Other Review

Review: Saariaho: Adriana Mater (San Francisco Symphony Chorus, San Francisco Symphony, Esa-Pekka Salonen)

A compelling case for one of Saariaho's most emotionally resonant works.

August 5, 2025
Festivals, Opera
Live Review

Review: Innocence (Adelaide Festival, State Opera South Australia)

Taut and terrific, Simon Stone’s production of Kaija Saariaho’s final opera is a potent deep dive into what motivates an atrocity.

March 1, 2025
Chamber, Classical Music
Live Review

Review: James Morley & Erin Helyard (UKARIA)

A brilliant concert celebrating contemporary and classical works for cello and piano also explored the cello’s sonic properties with advanced playing techniques.

February 10, 2025
Classical Music, Dance, Festivals, Musical Theatre & Cabaret, Opera, Theatre
news

Adelaide Festival 2025 bolsters global credentials

In record time, new Artistic Director Brett Sheehy has put together a program consolidating the festival’s long-held international reputation.

November 4, 2024
Classical Music, Festivals
features

My Music with Brett Sheehy

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.

October 21, 2024
Dance, Festivals, Opera
news

Adelaide Festival unveils first three productions for 2025

Simon Stone directs Kaija Saariaho’s last opera, Australian Dance Theatre celebrates 60 years, and Pina Bausch’s Tanztheater Wuppertal returns.

August 26, 2024
Classical Music, Orchestral
features

Playing Up: The Harp with Xavier de Maistre

French virtuoso Xavier de Maistre discusses his “sensual” instrument and commissioning new work.

June 24, 2024
Musical Theatre & Cabaret, Theatre
news

Sarah Snook wins Olivier Award for Dorian Gray

Australia's Sarah Snook rewarded for her 26-character turn in Sydney Theatre Company's international stage hit The Picture of Dorian Gray.

April 15, 2024
Classical Music
features

Dalia Stasevska unearths a Finnish jewel

Helvi Leiviskä was respected in her day. So how come we are only hearing her music now?

March 7, 2024
Chamber, Classical Music
CD and Other Review

Review: When We Speak (Lisa Cheney)

Cheney offers a unique and enquiring take on Australian chamber music.

November 27, 2023
Chamber, Classical Music, Festivals
news

Canberra International Music Festival announces 2024 program

A highly-anticipated ACT premiere and a variety of classical and modern works make for a jam-packed 2024 festival.

November 21, 2023
Chamber, Classical Music, Instrumental, Opera, Orchestral, Vocal & Choral
features

On the Record: October 2023

This month we are in vocal heaven with period instrument Rodgers & Hammerstein, Shakespearean song, an operatic take on Wuthering Heights, and a resurrected Parsifal.

September 25, 2023

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