Australian soprano Anna-Louise Cole has just made her role debut as Turandot for OA – and what an impressive performance it was.

In the first of three articles, Shaun Rennie offers some fascinating insights into his work on OA's La Bohème and Phantom of the Opera on Sydney Harbour, as well as Bell Shakespeare's new musical The Lovers.

In his biggest role to date, Joshua Robson will don the mask of the Phantom of the Opera. He tells Limelight that the stars aligned for him this time and that he is "beyond words" at landing the role.

Opera Australia marks Mozart’s 266th birthday with Figaro, and it would be hard to imagine a better celebration of the composer’s genius.

Students and their teachers can apply for subsidised tickets to Turandot and The Marriage of Figaro in OA's 2022 Sydney summer season.

The Italian conductor, who is about to take to the podium for OA's The Marriage of Figaro, explains why he often memorises opera scores.

This fine OA production of Puccini's opera is a cracking night out, and a perfect antidote to these dark, pestilence-filled days.

A round-up of our recent news reports.

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

When Anna-Louise Cole first auditioned for the University of Melbourne, she was torn between playing cello and singing, but vocal studies won the day. Now the exciting young Australian soprano is to make her role debut as Turandot and, next year, Brünnhilde for Opera Australia.

What have our opera and dance companies programmed this year?

The coveted $25,000 grant has been awarded to the Australian mezzo-soprano through Melba Opera Trust by Dame Heather Begg’s estate.