On Stage: the events you need to see in November 2025
The editors of Limelight share their selection of the most exciting classical music, opera and theatre events coming soon.
The editors of Limelight share their selection of the most exciting classical music, opera and theatre events coming soon.
Discover the music of Australian composers, from Hamed Sadeghi to Caroline Szeto.
Cameron Lam’s Australian Art Music playlist is tied together by strings, literal and figurative this month.
Despite exquisite vocal and musical performances, this staging of Benjamin Britten's Canticles is less than the sum of its otherwise beautiful parts, landing somewhere between performance art and oratorio.
Cameron Lam explores Australian music written for brass instruments, from tubas and trombones, to double bell trumpets and a 19-century ophicleide.
SCO will take a new opera by Mary Finsterer to Holland, and explore Britten at home, including a musical response by Luke Styles, with a creative team in residency for both works.
November is Australian Music Month across the ABC, and ABC Classic’s concert schedule for the month features some stunning works by Australian composers – some old, some new.
Kammerklang returns to its home ground with a diverse and exploratory concert of new Australian works.
What can a grand old European city tell us about life in Australia today? Roland Peelman chats with Julian Day about how new music and First Nations musicians play an essential role in this year’s Vienna-themed Canberra International Music Festival.
Creating a symphonic song cycle from Behrouz Boochani’s No Friend but the Mountains.
Cameron Lam spotlights the flute in his latest playlist of new Australian music.
Grants have been awarded to 24 musicians and ballet dancers from Australia and New Zealand to support their study in the UK.
Six Australian compositions have been shortlisted for the prestigious Orchestral and Song Cycle prizes, which will be announced at this year’s Peggy Glanville-Hicks Address.