New research warns shrinking school and university pathways threaten Australia’s creative workforce and cultural ambitions.

STEM focus and NAPLAN testing contributing to an undervaluing of arts and music and systemic neglect in investment, new report concludes.

Director Lindy Hume talks to Limelight about making four operas simultaneously and challenging what the art form can be.

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A new collaboration between the Sydney Conservatorium and NIDA features the premiere of four operas written by Master’s students.

Elena Kats-Chernin and her new movie score; the origins story of Peter Pan, and a farewell to the show that's skewered Aussie politics for 25 years. October is a big issue.

Elena Kats-Chernin and her new movie score; the origins story of Peter Pan, and a farewell to the show that's skewered Aussie politics for 25 years. October is a big issue.

Arts training to receive $115m funding boost after a decade of decline in government support.

Murder and greed propel Monteverdi's Poppea but really, says director David Berthold, it’s a story of “humans being human".

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

Students from NIDA and the Sydney Conservatorium are staging Elena Kats-Chernin’s jazzy reimagining of Monteverdi’s The Coronation of Poppea.

Doomed to be judged on criteria such as strategic value and return on investment, performing arts training in Australia is in crisis, argues Chris Hay.