The latest arts appointments and departures.

Suzanne Chaundy appointed to new role and charged with the oversight of Melbourne Opera's future development.

Mozart’s legendary libertine is back in this modest new production that can’t solve the opera’s misogyny but does justice to its timeless music.

After living in the UK for two decades, Helena Dix is back. And now there's "no more sitting like a puppy dog at an opera casting director’s door . . ."

The editors of Limelight share their selection of the most exciting classical music, opera and theatre events coming soon.

What do our opera and dance companies have on offer in the year ahead?

A new production of Saint-Saëns’s Old Testament tale respects tradition while refreshing it with sophisticated minimalist design.

Deborah Humble tells us about her role debut as Delilah and why mezzos get stuck in "witches, bitches and britches" roles.

The editors of Limelight share their selection of the most exciting classical music, opera and theatre events coming soon.

The little company that could presents opera’s longest work in a vast space that proves surprisingly perfect.

We talk to director Suzanne Chaundy about creating "an absolute opera event" in an iconic UNESCO Heritage-listed venue.

Melbourne's UNESCO-listed Exhibition Building to host an ambitious, all-Australian staging of Wagner's "miracle of complex engineering".